Keywords: Vroom Hendrick Cornelisz A Dutch Ship and Fishing Boat in a Fresh Breeze.jpg A Dutch Ship and a Kaag in a Fresh Breeze Under a tall pale blue sky with light shimmering through white clouds a number of ships can be seen sailing in a fresh breeze A small whale or dolphin is spouting water in the foreground amid the choppy waves Above the low horizon on the left a stretch of land is just about visible through the moist atmosphere On the right there is a kaag or passenger boat with several passengers and crew on board The rigging and detail on the boat has been carefully executed This vessel is ploughing the waves and like the distant ships which appear wrapped in the mist its depiction displays a degree of naturalism that departs from Vroom ™s other paintings oil copper cm 18 4 24 4 Institution National Maritime Museum London marine painting credit line accession number BHC0728 http //www nmm ac uk/collections/explore/object cfm ID BHC0728 National Maritime Museum Greenwich London between 1628 1630 Other versions PD-old-100 Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom 17th-century sailing ships in paintings 1620s paintings in the United Kingdom 1620s ships 17th-century oil paintings in the United Kingdom Paintings in the National Maritime Museum London Sailing ships of the Netherlands Ships under sail oil on copper |