A Ship on the High Seas Caught by a Squall, Known as ‘The Gust’ — History & Facts
A three-masted warship leans hard over on the crest of a steep wave, one sail torn loose and flapping, while a smaller vessel rides the swell at the left. Dark clouds mass overhead, and pale, streaming cloud breaks through behind the ship. The Rijksmuseum describes it as a large 70-gun British warship in distress: a fierce gust has broken one of its masts. Willem van de Velde the Younger painted it around 1680, in England, where he and his father, also a marine painter, had entered the service of the English court in 1672.
The museum says he made this picture and its companion, The Cannon Shot, there. In the pair, one ship fights a squall and the other lies becalmed, firing a gun. The artist signed it "W. v.
Velde f." at lower left. Both pendants are now in the Rijksmuseum, where The Cannon Shot is on loan from the City of Amsterdam. It is in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
More Artworks by Willem van de Velde the Younger
The Battle of the Texel
Willem van de Velde the Younger
A Calm – A kaag alongside a smalschip at anchor, with a weyschuit being pushed off the shore and a man-of-war firing a salute beyond
Willem van de Velde the Younger
Captured English Ships after the Four Days’ Battle
Willem van de Velde the Younger
Entrance to a Dutch Port
Willem van de Velde the Younger
Calm- A States Yacht under Sail close to the Shore with many other Vessels
Willem van de Velde the Younger
The Capture of the Royal Prince
Willem van de Velde the Younger
Mer calme; deux petits cabotiers néerlandais à l’ancre bord-à-bord. Marine
Willem van de Velde the Younger
Sea Battle of the Anglo-Dutch Wars
Willem van de Velde the Younger
A Calm at Sea
Willem van de Velde the Younger
A Kaag at Anchor with Sails Hoisted and a State Yacht and Other Vessels
Willem van de Velde the Younger
