A Battle of the Third Anglo Dutch War, Probably the London at the Battle of the Texel, August 1673

Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1633–1707

ca. 1700

Oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art

A naval battle unfolds on a dark, stormy sea with multiple ships engaged in combat, firing cannons and emitting smoke. Several smaller boats are visible in the foreground, some with figures. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection