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Solebay Tapestries
- Waanders Uitgevers
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Publisher | Waanders Uitgevers |
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ISBN | 9789462624849 |
Publication date | April 2023 |
Edition | Paperback with flaps |
Dimensions | 210 x 150 mm |
Pages | 96 |
Language(s) | English ed. |
Description
On 7 June 1672 off the east coast of England, the battle of Solebay started between the navy of the Republic of the Seven United Provinces and a combined Anglo-French fleet. Although the outcome was undecided, on both sides of the North Sea, the battle was celebrated as a triumph. Dutch marine artist Willem van de Velde the Elder (1611-1693) had been present at the battle. Only a year later, newly appointed as marine painter to the English royal court of King Charles II, he was commissioned to make a design for a set of monumental tapestries commemorating the battle at Solebay as an English victory. THE SOLEBAY TAPESTRIES | THREADS OF HISTORY is the first volume in a new series about objects in the collection of the Scheepvaartmuseum, the national maritime museum of the Netherlands.
Solebay Tapestries