The head of a Dutch yacht<br><p>The head and starboard side, of a yacht; the figurehead is a lion supporting a small shield with both paws. Abaft the lion and with back against the stem, the figure of a merman with wings.
</p><p>This is an unsigned drawing by the Younger with pen and dark brown ink with grey wash over preliminary work in pencil.<br></p>
The head of a Dutch yacht
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Willem Van de Velde, the Younger</div>
circa 1686 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1686-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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