# The Man-of-War Brielle on the River Maas off Rotterdam

- By: Ludolf Bakhuysen (Emden, 1631–1708)
- Date: 1689
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: depth 12.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-2539--1f3f7718c8c379e4b1f1e9ca2950e15a)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/WFThZ/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In 1688 this ship carried Prince William III to England to drive the Catholic King James II from power and to safeguard the Protestant faith. The Latin inscription on the red flag translates as ‘for faith and freedom’. Bakhuysen painted this picture in 1689, the year in which William III and Mary Stuart were crowned king and queen regnant of England.