Artist
Willem van de Velde the elder
Dutch, 1611–1693
Willem van de Velde the elder was a Dutch Dutch Golden Age artist. 21 works are cataloged here, principally at Rijksmuseum. Willem van de Velde the elder was born in Leiden.
Dutch Ships near the Coast
"Council of War aboard 'The Seven Provinces' the Flagship of Michiel Adriaensz de Ruyter, 10 June 1666, preceding the Four Days' Battle
The Batlle of Livorno, 14 March 1653: episode from the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652-54)
Episode from the Four Day Battle at Sea, 11-14 June 1666, in the second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-67)
Seascape with Dutch men-of-war
Episode from the Battle of the Sound between the Dutch and Swedish fleets, 8 November 1658
Willem van de Velde the Elder (1610/11 – 13 December 1693) was a Dutch Golden Age seascape painter, who produced many precise drawings of ships and ink paintings of fleets, but later learned to use oil paints like his son.
Works by Willem van de Velde the elder
- Dutch Ships near the Coast
- "Council of War aboard 'The Seven Provinces' the Flagship of Michiel Adriaensz de Ruyter, 10 June 1666, preceding the Four Days' Battle
- The Batlle of Livorno, 14 March 1653: episode from the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652-54)
- Episode from the Four Day Battle at Sea, 11-14 June 1666, in the second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-67)
- Seascape with Dutch men-of-war
- Episode from the Battle of the Sound between the Dutch and Swedish fleets, 8 November 1658
The unsuccessful English attack against the returning Dutch fleet in the harbor of Bergen, Norway, 12 August 1665: episode from the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-67)
The Battle of Terheide
The Battle of the Downs
Episode from the Battle of the Sound between the Dutch and the Swedish fleets, 8 November 1658
The prince's yacht and the state yacht, presumably awaiting the arrival of Charles II of England near Moersdijk, 1660
The Battle of Dunkirk
Episode from the Battle of the Sound between the Dutch and Swedish fleets, 8 November 1658
Episode from the Four Days Battle at Sea, 11-14 June 1666, in the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-67)
Collections represented
- The unsuccessful English attack against the returning Dutch fleet in the harbor of Bergen, Norway, 12 August 1665: episode from the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-67)
- The Battle of Terheide
- The Battle of the Downs
- Episode from the Battle of the Sound between the Dutch and the Swedish fleets, 8 November 1658
- The prince's yacht and the state yacht, presumably awaiting the arrival of Charles II of England near Moersdijk, 1660
- The Battle of Dunkirk
- Episode from the Battle of the Sound between the Dutch and Swedish fleets, 8 November 1658
- Episode from the Four Days Battle at Sea, 11-14 June 1666, in the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-67)
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