British Men o' War in a Breeze
Dutch School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1660
Materials
Oil on canvas in a giltwood frame
Measurements
400 x 640 mm
Place of origin
Netherlands
Order this imageCollection
Dudmaston, Shropshire
NT 814211
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, British Men o' War in a Breeze, Dutch School, 1660. A number of British Men o' War ships at various angles line the horizon, with sails billowing, a few firing cannons, a rowing boat full of sailors in foreground. Narrow giltwood frame with decorative moulded borders.
Provenance
Dudmaston collection; given by Rachel Katherine Hamilton Russell, Lady Labouchere (1908 – 1996) along with the Dudmaston estate in 1978
Credit line
Dudmaston, The Labouchere Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
676 Leggatt Brothers 1.11.67 (circular paper label on back of frame, written in black ink)
Makers and roles
Dutch School, artist