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Dutch Ships Ramming Spanish Galleys near Calais, 3 October 1602
Also titled Hollandse schepen overvaren Spaanse galeien bij Calais, 3 oktober 1602
Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom (Haarlem, ca. –1640)
Cornelis Hendriksz Vroom (Haarlem, 1591–1661)
1617
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- outer size: depth 6.5 cm (support incl. frame)
- 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 nudity. How works are placed
About this work
Terror emanates from the bald-shaven and half-naked galley slaves. While the soldiers aboard still have a chance to escape, the enslaved crew remains chained to the rowing benches, condemned to face death by drowning. The Dutch revolt against Spain unfolded primarily at sea, where the Spanish galleys proved powerless against the robust Dutch three-masters that simply rammed into them.
