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Willem van de Velde the Elder
1611–1693 · Dutch Republic
- Born
- 1611 · Leiden
- Died
- 1693 · Greenwich
48 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Willem van de Velde the Elder was a Dutch Golden Age seascape painter, known for his precise drawings of ships and ink paintings of fleets. He later learned to use oil paints like his son.
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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.
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Registered works
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Selected registered works by Willem van de Velde the Elder
Selected from 48 works by Willem van de Velde the Elder in the Collect24 Registry.
Willem van de Velde the Elder
Figures on Board Small Merchant Vessels, about 1650–1655
Pen and brown ink and blue-grey wash over leadpoint, incised for transfer
21 × 32.2 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum
C24-206677
Willem van de Velde the Elder
The Second Battle of Schooneveld, 4 June 1673, 1650
oil paint
134.6 × 200.6 cm
Royal Museums Greenwich
C24-460192
Willem van de Velde the Elder
A Dutch two-decker and a galjoot lying-by with the fleet at sea, ca.1672, 1650
27.9 × 41.9 cm
Royal Museums Greenwich
C24-459945
Willem van de Velde the Elder
HMS Woolwich before a light breeze, 1677
oil paint
76.2 × 93.9 cm
Royal Museums Greenwich
C24-459949
Willem van de Velde the Elder
A Dutch Bezan Yacht and many other Vessels in a Crowded Harbour beside a Tavern, 1660
75.7 × 106.8 cm
Royal Museums Greenwich
C24-459058
Willem van de Velde the Elder
Dutch Herring Busses on the Fishing Ground, 1682
oil paint
22 × 31.7 cm
Royal Collection
C24-291852
Willem van de Velde the Elder
A Dutch flagship, thought to be the Eendracht at anchor close in, 1650
76 × 108 cm
Royal Museums Greenwich
C24-460543
Willem van de Velde the Elder
Two merchant ships under sail in a moderate breeze, 1650
60.9 × 88.9 cm
Royal Museums Greenwich
C24-460476
Willem van de Velde the Elder
An English three-decker with the fleet in light airs, 1680
30.5 × 45.7 cm
Royal Museums Greenwich
C24-460338
Willem van de Velde the Elder
The Battle of the Sound, 8 November 1658, 1660
96.5 × 139.7 cm
Royal Museums Greenwich
C24-459185
Willem van de Velde the Elder
Episode from the Battle of the Sound between the Dutch and Swedish fleets, 8 November 1658, 1658
ink
97.5 × 141 cm
Amsterdam Museum
C24-456802
Willem van de Velde the Elder
An English Three-decker in a Light Breeze with a Royal Yacht Sailing Towards her, 1682
oil paint
22 × 31.7 cm
Royal Collection
C24-293863
Museums and collections
Where works by Willem van de Velde the Elder are registered
- Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
24 works
- Royal Museums Greenwich
United Kingdom
17 works
- Royal Collection
United Kingdom
3 works
- Amsterdam Museum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
2 works
- J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
1 work
- National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
1 work
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