The Dutch fleet getting under way RMG PW6789

The Dutch fleet getting under way
In the centre middle-distance, a port quarter view of a ship with flag at the main with her mizzen, fore topsail and mizzen topsail set. On her starboard beam, there is a ship with flag and pendant at the main still at anchor. On the left, a starboard quarter view of a ship with flag at the mizzen and pendant at the main (?graf…), possibly De Graef who was a rear-admiral in the ‘Tijdverdrif’ in 1665. On the right, there is a private ship at anchor. Many ships are shown in the distance, under way or at anchor.
This is an unsigned pencil and wash drawing by the Elder.

The Dutch fleet getting under way