A Fleet — Willem van de Velde II | DiscoverArt

Willem van de Velde II

A Fleet

mid-17th–early 18th century

Black chalk, pen and brown ink, gray wash.

26.8 × 44.1 cm (10.6 × 17.4 in)

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