Keywords: Reinier Nooms - A Battle of the First Dutch War.jpg Artwork creator Reinier Nooms A depiction of an unidentified action from the First Dutch War 1652-1654 The increasing conflict of trade interests between England and the Netherlands in the first half of the 17th century made armed conflict likely and it became inevitable after Cromwell's Navigation Act of 1651 All three Dutch Wars which followed were solely maritime conflicts ca 1654 Oil on canvas cm 101 6 152 4 National Maritime Museum BHC0273 credit line National Maritime Museum Greenwich London 1 http //www nmmprints com/image/398314/reinier-nooms-a-battle-of-the-first-dutch-war-1652-54 National Maritime Museum<br/>2 http //collections rmg co uk/collections/objects/11765 html Royal Museums Greenwich Other versions PD-old-100-1923 Reinier Nooms Paintings in the National Maritime Museum London Anglo-Dutch wars 17th-century paintings of naval battles 1654 paintings 17th-century sailing ships in paintings 1650s paintings in the United Kingdom |