A Ship on the High Seas Caught by a Squall, Known as ‘The Gust’
c. 1680
- Medium
- canvas
- Dimensions
- 77 × 63.5 × 6.5 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-105716
This large, 70-gun British warship is in distress. A fierce gust of wind has broken one of its masts, and a sail has come loose. In 1672, Willem van de Velde II, together with his father, who was also a marine painter, entered the service of the English court. He made this painting and its companion, The Cannon Shot, in England.
Registry history
- c. 1680 — Recorded in the collection of Rijksmuseum
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