# The Battle of the Sound

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VELDE, Willem van de, the Elder](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-willem-van-de-the-elder-r5f584ba9f6b8b3>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Pen and ink on panel, 98 x 141 cm

## Commentary

This painting depicts the Battle of the Sound in the Fourth Northern War between a Dutch Fleet under the command of Jacob Wassenaar van Obdam and the Swedish fleet on 8 November 1658.

## Related artworks

- [Dutch Harbour in Calm](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-willem-van-de-the-elder-r5f584ba9f6b8b3/dutch-harbour-in-calm-r38a50db730b5b8>)
- [Frederick Henry&#39;s Fleet Waiting on the Merwede River near Dordrecht, 1646](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-willem-van-de-the-elder-r5f584ba9f6b8b3/frederick-henrys-fleet-waiting-on-the-merwede-river-near-dordrecht-1646-rfdc26b553f82dc>)
- [The Battle of Livorno \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-willem-van-de-the-elder-r5f584ba9f6b8b3/the-battle-of-livorno-detail-r07447e89e4938c>)
- [The Battle of Livorno \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-willem-van-de-the-elder-r5f584ba9f6b8b3/the-battle-of-livorno-detail-rba4c4f2319725b>)
- [The Battle of Livorno](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-willem-van-de-the-elder-r5f584ba9f6b8b3/the-battle-of-livorno-r39fcb15bfd4342>)
- [The Council of War on Board &#39;De Zeven Provincien&#39;, the Flagship of Michiel Adriaensz de Ruyter, on 10 June 1666](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-willem-van-de-the-elder-r5f584ba9f6b8b3/the-council-of-war-on-board-de-zeven-provincien-the-flagship-of-michiel-adriaensz-de-ruyter-on-10-june-1666-rfe93430068a32e>)
- [The Dutch Navy Sailing](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-willem-van-de-the-elder-r5f584ba9f6b8b3/the-dutch-navy-sailing-reefcba1bcbe18b>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)