English Warship Firing a Salute (Q59209120)

Label from: English (en)

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genre: marine art (Q158607)
artist: Willem van de Velde the Younger (Q432266)
collection: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
material used: oil paint (Q296955)
location of final assembly: Netherlands (Q55)
depicts: man (Q8441) warship (Q3114762) boat (Q35872)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)

catalog URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1975.80

information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog

description: 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.

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