„Embarcation / van Ghent 1671 / Backhuysen“

from the gallery of klassik art
Description:

Franco-Dutch war of 1672–78.
Background story: A Dutch fleet under Willem Joseph Baron van Ghent is setting out on June 1671.
– “Dutch ships anchored near Texel”
(In the centre the “Gouden Leeuw”, van Ghent’s flagship).
Painting,
1671, by Ludolf Backhuysen (1630–1708).
Oil on canvas, 92 × 140 cm.
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum.

Picture ID: 5239223

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