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The Cannon Shot
Velde, Willem van de (II)ca. 1680
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A Dutch warship in a calm, with its sails loosed, fires a cannon shot. Two sloops float to either side of the man-of-war, and another Dutch ship with lowered sails can be seen in the distance. The tranquillity of this scene contrasts starkly with The Gust (adjacent), in which a storm-battered English warship drifts rudderless on the high waves.
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Details
- Title: The Cannon Shot
- Creator: Velde, Willem van de (II)
- Date Created: ca. 1680
- Physical Dimensions: doek
- Subject Keywords: maritieme geschiedenis
- Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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