The Dutch Ship Duivenvoorde; from the Starboard Quarter
Drawing
17th century (drawn)
17th century (drawn)
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The Duivenvoorde was first mentioned in 1655, with 40–48 guns; it was burnt in action in 1666. On the tafferel, the quartered arms of Willem van Duivenvoorde, councillor in the Admiralty of Amsterdam, with three crescents in the first and fourth quarters and an escutcheon of the same. The supporters are a winged dragon dexter and a lion sinister. On the counter are two shields, starboard side with crossed anchors, and on the port side with the arms of the United Netherlands.
Object details
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| Title | The Dutch Ship <i>Duivenvoorde</i>; from the Starboard Quarter (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Offset from graphite; framing line in black chalk. |
| Brief description | Drawing 'The Dutch Ship Duivenvoorde; from the Starboard Quarter', by Willem van de Velde [the elder], Flemish School. Offset from graphite, 17th century. |
| Physical description | The Duivenvoorde was first mentioned in 1655, with 40–48 guns; it was burnt in action in 1666. On the tafferel, the quartered arms of Willem van Duivenvoorde, councillor in the Admiralty of Amsterdam, with three crescents in the first and fourth quarters and an escutcheon of the same. The supporters are a winged dragon dexter and a lion sinister. On the counter are two shields, starboard side with crossed anchors, and on the port side with the arms of the United Netherlands. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed in graphite: at lower left, ...’t schip duijvenvoorden; and, beneath, ‘t schip: Asperen(?); and at lower right, in brown ink (with the museum’s inv. no.), 4709. |
| Object history | Gérard Leembruggen Jzn (1801–65), Hillegom, his sale, Amsterdam, Roos, Engelberts …, 5–8 March 1866,lot 686 (?): ‘willem van de velde. Vaisseaux de guerre de différentes dimensions, des chaloupes et autres navires. 61 dessins’ (to ‘Lamme’ reputedly on behalf of Locker-Lampson for 630 fl. [the equivalent of £57. 4s. 0d.]); Frederick Locker-Lampson (1821–95), London; from whom purchased (as part of a group of 61 drawings [inv. nos. 4651–4710 and 4696A] by the elder and younger Willem van de Velde) by the museum (L. 1958),10 May 1866 for £57. 4s. 0d. |
| Bibliographic reference | Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, vol. I, Cat. 231, illus. p.261. |
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| Accession number | 4709 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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