An Indiaman engaged by three Spanish privateers<br><p>In the centre of this crowded, if lightly drawn scene is a starboard bow view of a ship, presumably an Indiaman, surrounded and engaged by three small Spanish privateers, each flying the Burgundian flag. The overlaying of sails and masts conveys effectively the slow-paced violence of such encounters, an aspect of life at sea that the artist explored at length in his full-scale oil paintings.<br></p>
An Indiaman engaged by three Spanish privateers
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Willem Van de Velde, the Younger</div>
circa 1677 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1677-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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