The Dutch Raid on the Medway, 1667, anonymous, c. 1670

Identification

Title(s)

The Dutch Raid on the Medway, 1667

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-307

Inscriptions / marks

inscription, indistinct, on the stern of the fireship, left
inscription, on the tafferel of the warship, left: ‘C·R / MATHIAS’
inscription, on the tafferel of the warship, centre left: ‘IONATHAN’
coat of arms, on the tafferel of the warship, centre, beneath the royal coat of arms of King Charles II of Great Britain within the letterd garter of the Order of the Garter: ‘THE ROYÆLE.CHARLES / C·R’
inscription, on the tafferel of the warship, centre right, above the royal coat of arms of King Charles II of Great Britain within the lettered garter of the Order of the Garter: ‘C·R’
inscription, on the tafferel of the warship, right, above the royal coat of arms of King Charles II of Great Britain within the lettered garter of the Order of the Garter: ‘CAROLUS QUINTUS / C·R’
inscription, on the tafferel of the warship, far right: ‘C·R / […]AELE BOOM’

Description

Het verbranden van de Engelse vloot op de rivier de Medway bij Chatham, 20 juni 1667. Episode uit de Tweede Engelse Oorlog. Nederlandse en Engelse oorlogsschepen op zee, in het midden het vlaggeschip The Royal Charles. Tussen de brandende schepen varen meerdere sloepen.

Creation

Artist

painter: anonymous
painter: Peter van de Velde (rejected attribution)

Place

Low Countries

Dating

c. 1670

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height c. 72.4 cm × width c. 107.3 cm
outer size: depth 6.5 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

When

1667-06-20 - 1667-06-20

Where

Chatham

Who

Royal Charles (schip)

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

unknown 1808

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; ? acquired by Izaak Jan Alexander Gogel (1765-1821), fl. 600, for the museum, 1806{According to Bredius’s 1885 catalogue; the 1887 catalogue, p.130, no. 1092, gave the date as 1808. E.W. Moes and E. van Biema, _De Nationale Konst-Gallery en Het Koninklijk Museum_, Amsterdam 1909, pp. 100, 106, 130, 163, 218.}

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Modellen vertellen : bijzondere verhalen uit de Marinemodellenkamer van het Rijksmuseum, p. 104-105 (afb.)
Zeeslagen en zeehelden in de Gouden Eeuw, p. 68, 134-135, afb. 108
Grendel op 's Lands deur, Ab J. Hoving, p. 62-63, afb. 1
Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

Persistent URL

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