# A Wijdschip Lowering Sail in a Choppy Sea

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## Artwork

- Artist: [WITMONT, Heerman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/witmont-heerman-r4ba532f212a724>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Pen on prepared panel, 37 x 51 cm

## Commentary

A Wijdschip Lowering Sail in a Choppy Sea c. 1650 Pen on prepared panel, 37 x 51 cm Private collection The picture depicts a small boat known as a wijdschip shown off the coast of Zeeland with the Kasteel Remmekens near Vlissingen in the background.

## Related artworks

- [A Dutch Squadron on the Sont, near Castle Kronburg](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/witmont-heerman-r4ba532f212a724/a-dutch-squadron-on-the-sont-near-castle-kronburg-r13a8ad7fc50a6c>)
- [Action between Dutch and English Ships](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/witmont-heerman-r4ba532f212a724/action-between-dutch-and-english-ships-r57fccd7427dd31>)
- [Battle of the Gabbard](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/witmont-heerman-r4ba532f212a724/battle-of-the-gabbard-rbfc51105eebb73>)

## Attribution

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