Before the Battle of the Downs
Reinier Nooms · 1639
Why it's great
Dutch and Spanish fleets face each other before the Battle of the Downs in 1639, where the Dutch admiral Tromp destroyed a Spanish fleet off the English coast. Reinier Nooms painted it around that year.
🏛️ Part of history
The Thirty Years' War & the Dutch Revolt (1568–1648) — Dutch and Spanish fleets face each other before the Battle of the Downs in 1639, where the Dutch admiral Tromp destroyed a Spanish fleet off the English coast.
Where to see it
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Hang it on your wall
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Reinier Nooms, also called Zeeman, was a Dutch painter and etcher born in Amsterdam around 1623. He had been a sailor, and he made detailed pictures of ships, harbors and sea battles. He died in Amsterdam in 1664.
