'The captured 'Swiftsure', 'Seven Oaks', 'Loyal George' and 'Convertine...', c1666. Artist: Willem van de Velde the Younger

'The captured 'Swiftsure', 'Seven Oaks', 'Loyal George' and 'Convertine...', c1666. Artist: Willem van de Velde the Younger

2-489-643 - © Fine Art Images/Heritage Images

'The captured 'Swiftsure', 'Seven Oaks', 'Loyal George' and 'Convertine' brought through Goeree Gat, 16 June 1666, c1666. The four Royal Navy warships were captured by the Dutch under Michiel de Ruyter at the Four Days Battle, an engagement fought off the North Foreland from 1-4 June 1666 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Found in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.


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Creator
  1. Willem van de Velde the Younger: Dutch: Artist, painter
People Related
  1. Michiel de Ruyter: Dutch: Admiral

Medium
  1. Oil

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World Europe Netherlands

  1. 52 30 00 N , 005 45 00 E

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4937x3543
File Size : 51,246kb


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  1. 12012
  1. 0760000919
  1. 12012
  1. 2-489-643
  1. 2489643

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