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The Battle of Livorno (Leghorn) — History & Facts

In 1653 the English ship the Samson went up in flames off the coast of Italy after an encounter with Cornelis Tromp’s warship the Halve Maan. Van de Velde represented both vessels at the centre of this pen painting. Tromp commissioned the picture to honour and glorify himself.

The work is still in its original frame with the Tromp family coat of arms.

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The Battle of Terheide, oil on canvas by Willem van de Velde

The Battle of Terheide

Willem van de Velde (I)

Historical scene of commanders on a ship, oil painting by Willem van de Velde

"Council of War aboard ""The Seven Provinces"", the Flagship of Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, 10 June 1666, preceding the Four Days' Battle: episode from the Second Anglo-Dutch War"

Willem van de Velde (I)

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Historical scene of a militia company, oil painting by Rembrandt van Rijn

The Night Watch Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq

Rembrandt van Rijn

Lincoln Memorial sculpture in marble by Henry Bacon

Lincoln Memorial

Henry Bacon

The Third of May 1808 by Francisco de Goya, oil on canvas showing a man in white with arms outstretched.

The Third of May 1808

Francisco de Goya

Isaac and Rebecca, oil on canvas by Rembrandt van Rijn, showing a tender moment.

Isaac and Rebecca, Known as ‘The Jewish Bride’

Rembrandt van Rijn

The Charge of the Mamelukes, oil on canvas by Francisco de Goya, depicting charging horses in battle.

The Charge of the Mamelukes (1814)

Francisco de Goya

Engraving by Albrecht Dürer depicting the four horsemen of the apocalypse

De vier ruiters van de apocalyps

Albrecht Dürer