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The Cannon Shot
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The Cannon Shot

Willem van de Velde (II) · c. 1680 · canvas; oil paint (paint)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

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.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
paintingsailing-ship, sailing-boat
Credit lineHet kanonschot. c. 1680. Willem van de Velde (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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