Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Battle of Scheveningen

Battle of Scheveningen

Original - The Battle of Terheide, 10 Augustus 1653, a 1657 pen painting by Willem van de Velde the Elder. It depicts the Battle of Scheveningen during the First Anglo–Dutch War between the Dutch Republic and Commonwealth of England. The painting is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.

Reason

This pen painting shows a naval battle during the First Anglo–Dutch War. The Commonwealth of England and the Dutch Republic were fighting over a trade dispute in the North Sea. This 1653 battle involved 227 ships and took place near the Dutch coast. Although the painting was finished years after the battle, its painter Willem van de Velde the Elder was actually present during the battle, of which he made sketches at the time. The painting gives an impression of the naval power of the two republics during the Age of Sail. The technique of the pen painting – oil and ink on canvas – enabled the artist to show the ships with a lot of details. Counting the individual ships on the painting is hard due to the smoke, but one could find up to at least one hundred ships.

Articles this image appears in

Age of Sail, Battle of Scheveningen, Pen painting, Willem van de Velde the Elder

Creator

Willem van de Velde the Elder

• Support as nominator --Rubenescio (talk) 08:42, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support GerardM (talk) 07:42, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
• Support per nom. Mostlyharmless (talk) 10:43, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
• Weak Support Pretty cool picture. Good enough EV. Wish there was little more detail on the ships, though. Makeemlighter (talk) 06:11, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
• Support: Shame about the discolouration. Maedin\^talk 12:21, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Promoted File:De slag bij Terheide - The Battle of Schevening - August 10 1653 (Willem van de Velde I, 1657).jpg ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 06:15, 9 May 2009 (UTC)