Dutch Ships Ramming Spanish Galleys off the Flemish Coast
Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom · 1617
Why it's great
A tall Dutch warship rams Spanish galleys off the coast of Flanders in a battle of the long Dutch fight for independence from Spain. Hendrick Cornelisz. Vroom, the first great Dutch painter of ships, painted it in 1617.
🏛️ Part of history
The Thirty Years' War & the Dutch Revolt (1568–1648) — A tall Dutch warship rams Spanish galleys off the coast of Flanders in a battle of the long Dutch fight for independence from Spain.
Where to see it
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Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom was a Dutch painter born in Haarlem in 1562. He is often called the father of Dutch marine painting, and made pictures of ships and sea battles for admirals and the government. He lived in Haarlem and died there in 1640.
