English Warship Firing a Salute
1690
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 91 x 103 x 4 cm (35 13/16 x 40 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.); Unframed: 63.7 x 77.5 cm (25 1/16 x 30 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- painting
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
netherlands
About
Van de Velde and his father picked up their lives in Amsterdam in 1672 and moved to England to paint for the king. Their paintings of the Royal Navy’s massive ships celebrated England’s power in war and trade.