Artist: VELDE, Willem van de, the Younger Painting: The pendants The cannon shot and The gust in the collection of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Introduction: The pendants The cannon shot and The gust (c. 1680), in the collection of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
The burning of the Royal James at the Battle of Solebay Painting ID:: 61412
Artist: VELDE, Willem van de, the Younger Painting: The burning of the Royal James at the Battle of Solebay Introduction: The burning of the Royal James at the Battle of Solebay
HMS St Andrew at sea in a moderate breeze, painted Painting ID:: 61413
Artist: VELDE, Willem van de, the Younger Painting: HMS St Andrew at sea in a moderate breeze, painted Introduction: HMS St Andrew at sea in a moderate breeze, painted c. 1673
Ships riding quietly at anchor Painting ID:: 61414
Dutch painter (b. 1633, Leiden, d. 1707, London).
was a Dutch marine painter. Willem van de Velde was baptised on 18 December 1633 in Leiden, Holland, Dutch Republic. A son of Willem van de Velde the Elder, also a painter of sea-pieces, Willem van de Velde, the younger, was instructed by his father, and afterwards by Simon de Vlieger, a marine painter of repute at the time, and had achieved great celebrity by his art before he came to London. In 1673 he moved to England, where he was engaged by Charles II, at a salary of £100, to aid his father in "taking and making draughts of sea-fights", his part of the work being to reproduce in color the drawings of the elder van de Velde. He was also patronized by the Duke of York and by various members of the nobility. He died on 6 April 1707 in London, England. Most of Van de Velde's finest works represent views off the coast of Holland, with Dutch shipping. His best productions are delicate, spirited and finished in handling, and correct in the drawing of the vessels and their rigging. The numerous figures are tellingly introduced, and the artist is successful in his renderings of sea, whether in calm or storm.
. Related Artists to VELDE, Willem van de, the Younger : | Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin | Pieter Lodewyk Kuhnen | Jacob Heinrich Elbfas | Samuel Lancaster Gerry | Johann Walter |