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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;areich, post: 1567178, member: 37479&quot;]The English tradition of Maritime painting came right out of the Dutch usage and followed William and Mary to England from the Netherlands.&nbsp; Ruyshdale, Cuyp and others perfected it.&nbsp; But the height of the art was likely Willem van de Velde the Elder and his son who started in the United Providences and then moved to England.&nbsp; One of his great works was a &quot;pencil painting&quot;</p><p>The Council of War on board &#039;De Zeven Provinciën.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/De_krijgsraad_aan_boord_van_de_%27De_Zeven_Provinci%C3%ABn%27%2C_het_admiraalschip_van_Michiel_Adriaensz_de_Ruyter%2C_10_juni_1666_%28Willem_van_de_Velde_I%2C_1693%29.jpg/800px-De_krijgsraad_aan_boord_van_de_%27De_Zeven_Provinci%C3%ABn%27%2C_het_admiraalschip_van_Michiel_Adriaensz_de_Ruyter%2C_10_juni_1666_%28Willem_van_de_Velde_I%2C_1693%29.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>One of the amazing innovations these artists did was actually to wade into naval battles in rowboats and small schooners, sometimes successfully putting their lives at risk.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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