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Battle between Dutch and Spanish Ships on the Haarlemmermeer
Also titled Gevecht tussen Hollandse en Spaanse schepen op het Haarlemmermeer
Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom (Haarlem, ca. –1640)
in or after 1629
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- support: height 190 cm x width 268 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
When Haarlem sided with the Dutch Revolt in 1572, the Spanish lay siege to the city. In May 1573, the rebels attempted to recapture the Haarlemmermeer, which was a major supply channel to the city. They were defeated by a fleet of Spanish and Amsterdam ships (Amsterdam was then still loyal to Spain). Haarlem was ultimately forced to surrender to the Spanish.
