# A Ship on the High Seas Caught by a Squall, Known as ‘The Gust’

- By: Willem van de Velde (II) (Leiden, 1633–1707)
- Date: 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](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-1848--10ab6e851c892e484d4ad0ee96f78b37)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/eBrWZ/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.