Willem van de Velde den äldre
(1611–1693) nederländsk tecknare och målare
Willem van de Velde den äldre (1611–1693) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Willem van de Velde den äldre belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Willem van de Velde den äldre was born in Leiden and died in Greenwich. The students included Willem van de Velde the Younger.
The best-known works include ‘Episode from the Four Days Battle at Sea, 11-14 June 1666, in the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-67)’, ‘The Battle of Dunkirk’, ‘The Battle of the Downs’, and ‘Three Representations of Ships’. The works belong mainly to the genre marine art. The catalogue has 76 works by Willem van de Velde den äldre with free images. The dated works span the years 1638–1700. Works by Willem van de Velde den äldre are held by several collections, among them Royal Museums Greenwich, Rijksmuseum, Royal Collection, and Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Hongren, Jacob Willemsz de Wet, Dirck Dircksz. van Santvoort, Jan Fyt, and Hendrick Cornelisz van Vliet.