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A Ship on the High Seas Caught by a Squall, Known as ‘The Gust’
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This large, 70-gun British warship is in distress. A fierce gust of wind has broken one of its masts, and a sail has come loose. In 1672, Willem van de Velde II, together with his father, who was also a marine painter, entered the service of the English court. He made this painting and its companion, The Cannon Shot, in England.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineA Ship on the High Seas Caught by a Squall, Known as ‘The Gust’. c. 1680. Willem van de Velde (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
