The Battle of Dogger Bank
Also titled De Slag bij de Doggersbank
1792
- Medium
- metal, wood (plant material), lacquer (coating)
- Classification
- lacquer panel
- Dimensions
- height 36.9 cm x width 52.9 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Adult profiles and older: its museum's description or title mentions violence, death or gore. How works are placed
About this work
Sasaya, a Japanese lacquerer, was commissioned by a Dutchman to depict the naval Battle of Dogger Bank in the North Sea, probably on the basis of a print. The panel shows the moment at the beginning of the engagement when the Dutch and the British ships lined up for battle.
