# A View of Souda Island

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VELDE, Peter van den](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-peter-van-den-r0471201a220ce3>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 49 x 58 cm

## Commentary

The painting shows a view of Souda Island, Crete with a Turkish galley and two Dutch ships. Souda is situated on the NW coast of Crete. On Souda Island the Venetians built a castle in 1573 to reinforce the defence of the port of Souda and to control the Gulf entrance. The construction works were finished within a year but until the Turkish invasion of Crete in 1645 improvements were regularly made.

## Related artworks

- [Castle on a River Bank](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-peter-van-den-r0471201a220ce3/castle-on-a-river-bank-radc5977b060a16>)
- [Ships in Front of a Harbour Town](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-peter-van-den-r0471201a220ce3/ships-in-front-of-a-harbour-town-r127502b46a2211>)

## Attribution

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