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

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.

Artist

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

Place

Low Countries

Dating

c. 1670

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

• panel
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

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

What

• sailing-ship, sailing-boat
• battle (+ sailing-ships)
• Raid on the Medway

When

• 1667-06-20 - 1667-06-20

Where

• Chatham

Who

• Royal Charles (schip)

Acquisition

unknown 1808

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

Related

• AC-00006066object | reproductionobject | reproductieSK1364 18x24RM0001.COLLECT.1500006065

• Modellen vertellen, Ab J. Hoving, p. 104-105 (afb.)
• Zeeslagen en zeehelden in de Gouden Eeuw, J.P. Sigmond, 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).