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Before the Battle of the Downs, 21 October 1639, Showing Tromp's Flagship 'Amelia'

titelBefore the Battle of the Downs, 21 October 1639, Showing Tromp's Flagship 'Amelia' 
inventarisnummerBHC3189 
collectieOil Paintings    
museumNational Maritime Museum, Greenwich   National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
datumcirca 1639  
omschrijvingA fleet of Dutch ships is shown assembled off the Straits of Dover in choppy seas. In the central foreground is the 'Amelia', a man-of-war launched in 1632. The 'Amelia' was Maerten Tromp's flagship at the Battle of the Downs between the Dutch and the Spanish in 1639. The decoration of the taffrail is recorded by Nooms with characteristic attention to detail; the carved coat of arms on the stern of the ship belongs to Prince Frederick Hendrickof Orange-Nassau. Reinier Nooms, known as Zeeman, was born and died in Amsterdam. As his name suggests, he spent his early life at sea, and he painted in the Dutch Realist style with a lively palette. The artist has dated the work indistinctly on the spar in water on the right. 
afmetingenPainting: 914.4 x 1117.6 mm   
 

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