A Dutch Fleet Under Sail at Sea in a Light Breeze

1665

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pencil and gray wash on two sheets of paper joined 11.5 cm. from the left.
Dimensions: 10 9/16 x 21 in. (26.8 x 53.3 cm)
Collection no.: 1975.1.814
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Willem van de Velde the Elder. A Dutch Fleet Under Sail at Sea in a Light Breeze. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

A Dutch Fleet Under Sail at Sea in a Light Breeze — Willem van de Velde the Elder. 1665.

Medium: Pencil and gray wash on two sheets of paper joined 11.5 cm. from the left.. Dimensions: 10 9/16 x 21 in. (26.8 x 53.3 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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