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A Ship on the High Seas Caught by a Squall, Known as ‘The Gust’
Also titled Een schip in volle zee bij vliegende storm, bekend als ‘De windstoot’
Willem van de Velde (II) (Leiden, 1633–1707)
c. 1680
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 77 cm x width 63.5 cm x height 90.5 cm x width 78.5 cm x depth 6.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
About this work
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.
