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Willem van de Velde the Elder

Dutch1611–1693Dutch Golden Age painting

Portrait of Willem van de Velde the Elder

About

Willem van de Velde the Elder 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.

Notable works

Marine

at Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille

Works in the collection

5 works

Marine

at Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille

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