A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools / Including by Special Permission Notes Collected from the Works of John Ruskin

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977. A SEA-PIECE.

W. van de Velde (Dutch: 1633-1707). See 149.

978. A RIVER SCENE.

W. van de Velde (Dutch: 1633-1707). See 149.

A state barge in the centre; trumpeters sounding a salute on either side in other vessels.

979. A STIFF BREEZE.

W. van de Velde (Dutch: 1633-1707). See 149.

980. DUTCH SHIPS OF WAR.

W. van de Velde (Dutch: 1633-1707). See 149.

"The best example we have of the painter—a delightful picture. The sky is so delicate and unobtrusive that it does not expose his weakness in cloud drawing" (J. Brett, A.R.A., on "Landscape at the National Gallery," in Fortnightly Review, April 1895).