Shipping on a Rough Sea — Willem van de Velde (Dutch, c. 1611–1693) | DiscoverArt

Willem van de Velde

Shipping on a Rough Sea

1665?

brush and gray wash and graphite, white gouache (upper left, medium unrelated to composition)

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