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Willem van de Velde II

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Willem van de Velde the Younger was a Dutch painter who specialised in marine art. He was the son of Willem van de Velde the Elder, who also specialised in marine art. His brother, Adriaen van de Velde, was a landscape painter.

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Artworks (21)

A Ship on the High Seas Caught by a Squall, Known as ‘The Gust’

1680 · oil paint (paint), canvas

width: 78.5 cm, height: 77 cm, height: 90.5 cm, depth: 6.5 cm, width: 63.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Cannon Shot

1680 · oil paint (paint), canvas

depth: 7.5 cm, height: 78.5 cm, width: 67 cm, height: 90.8 cm, width: 80.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

"Sea Battle between Cornelis Tromp on the ""Gouden Leeuw"" and Sir Edward Spragg on the ""Royal Prince"" during the Battle at Kijkduin (Battle of Texel), 21 August 1673: episode from the Third Anglo-Dutch War"

1675 · paint on oil paint (paint), canvas

height: 114 cm, width: 183 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Capture of the Royal Prince

1670 · oil paint (paint), canvas

depth: 6.5 cm, height: 58.5 cm, width: 81 cm

Rijksmuseum

Captured English Ships after the Four Days’ Battle

1666 · oil paint (paint), canvas

depth: 7.5 cm, width: 81 cm, height: 58 cm

Rijksmuseum

Het schip Oosterwijk tijdens de de slag bij Lowestoft op 13 Juni 1665

1665 · brush on paper, pencil

height: 307 cm, width: 170 cm

Rijksmuseum

Dutch Ships at Anchor with a Yacht Lying Head to the Wind

1664 · Pencil and brush and gray ink and gray wash.

6 x 10 5/16 in. (15.3 x 26.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Dutch Fleet Lying at Anchor

1661 · Pencil, pen and brown ink, brush and gray ink over gray wash

7 3/16 x 11 5/16 in. (18.2 x 28.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Entrance to a Dutch Port

1660 · Oil on canvas

25 7/8 x 30 5/8 in. (65.7 x 77.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Galleons and Sailboats

1655 · Brush and gray wash on ivory laid paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Figures in Boats

1653 · Graphite and wash on ivory laid paper, mounted to board

16.3 × 28 cm (6 7/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ships in a Harbor

1653 · Graphite with brush and gray wash on ivory laid paper, laid down on card

10.3 × 11.1 cm (4 1/16 × 4 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ships in Full Sail with Small Boats

1653 · Brush and gray wash and graphite, on tan laid paper, laid down on card

15.3 × 41.3 cm (6 1/16 × 16 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Boats at Anchor

1653 · Graphite with brush and gray wash, on tan laid paper, laid down on board

13.8 × 20 cm (5 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Brig

1653 · Pen and brown ink and brush and gray wash and graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on buff wove paper

28.5 × 17.7 cm (11 1/4 × 7 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sketch of a Sailboat

1648 · Pen and brown ink

sheet: 6 x 7 1/2 in. (15.2 x 19.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Boats Becalmed

1648 · Brush and gray wash, graphite

sheet: 8 x 12 7/8 in. (20.3 x 32.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Fleet

1648 · Black chalk, pen and brown ink, gray wash.

sheet: 10 9/16 x 17 3/8 in. (26.8 x 44.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Coast Scene

1648 · Graphite, brush and gray wash; framing lines in graphite and pen and brown ink

Sheet: 6 7/8 x 17 1/4 in. (17.5 x 43.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Schets voor de figuur van Willem III (?)

1643 · brush on pencil, paper

height: 279 cm, width: 197 cm

Rijksmuseum

Armed Galleon Seen from Starboard Quarter

1631 · Brush and gray wash, with graphite and traces of black chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

18.4 × 51.5 cm (7 1/4 × 20 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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21 published of 21 catalogued · 21 with image

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7 entries · 1 sources

Schets voor de figuur van Willem III (?)
1643 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Capture of the Royal Prince
1670 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
"Sea Battle between Cornelis Tromp on the ""Gouden Leeuw"" and Sir Edward Spragg on the ""Royal Prince"" during the Battle at Kijkduin (Battle of Texel), 21 August 1673: episode from the Third Anglo-Dutch War"
1675 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Het schip Oosterwijk tijdens de de slag bij Lowestoft op 13 Juni 1665
1665 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Captured English Ships after the Four Days’ Battle
1666 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
A Ship on the High Seas Caught by a Squall, Known as ‘The Gust’
1680 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Cannon Shot
1680 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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