Willem van de Velde (I)
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Date of birth | c. 1611 Leiden | ||||
Date of death | 13 December 1693 Greenwich | ||||
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Works
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. Circa 1653 . oil and ink on canvas. 81.5 × 111 cm (32 × 43.7 in). Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.Ships after a battle
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. Circa 1654-1655. oil and ink on canvas. 114 × 160 cm (44.8 × 62.9 in). Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.The Batlle of Livorno, 14 March 1653
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. 1657. oil and ink on canvas. 170 × 289 cm (66.9 × 113.7 in). Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.The Battle of Terheide, 10 August 1653
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. 1659. oil and ink on canvas. 123 × 185 cm (48.4 × 72.8 in). Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.The Battle near Dunkerque, 18 february 1639
Battle of the Sound, 1658
edit1660
oil and ink on canvas (?)
96.5 × 141.5 cm
– Maritiem Museum Rotterdam (P963)
The Battle of the Sound, 8 November 1658
editca. 1660
oil on panel
97.5 × 141 cm
b.l.: W. v. Velde
– Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst, The Hague
1887: transferred to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (SK-A-1388)
5 October 1975: on loan to the Amsterdams Historisch Museum (SB 5822)
RKDimages[dead link]
rijksmuseum.nl
ahm collectie online research[dead link]
The Battle of the Sound, 8 November 1658
edit1665
oil and ink on canvas
106 × 155 cm
b.l.: W. v. Velde f. 1665
June 1902: Purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (SK-A-1973)
RKDimages[dead link]
rijksmuseum.nl
The English attack against the returning Dutch fleet in the harbor of Bergen, 12 August 1665
edit1666, ca.
oil and ink on canvas
84 × 188 cm
signed and dated on the stern of a ship: W. v.d. Velde f. 1669
– Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (SK-A-1384)
- Signature and date probably apocryphal. Composed of two fragments, which were restored by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam in 1960
RKDimages[dead link]
RKDimages[dead link]
rijksmuseum.nl
The Council of War on board 'De Zeven Provinciën', 10 June 1666
edit1666-1667
oil and ink on canvas
117 × 175 cm
b.: Willem v.d. Velde - Krijgsraad voor den 4daagschen zeeslag aan boord v/h Admiraalschip van H.A. de Ruyter „de Zeven Provinciën” 10 Juni 1666. - Geschenk van belangstellenden 1911.
1910: ceded to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (SK-A-4289) by the royal family of the Netherlands and ‘friends of the marine’
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Seascape with Dutch men-of-war
editca. 1670
oil and ink on panel
70 × 90 cm
b.r.: W. v. Velde
1887: transferred to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (SK-A-1390)
RKDimages[dead link]
rijksmuseum.nl
Dutch Flagships at Sea in a Moderate Breeze under Easy Sail
edit- File: Dutch battleships.jpg
1672
oil and ink (?) on canvas
112 × 203 cm
b.l.: 5 . - [over illegible]
b.r.: W. V. Velde f 1672
b.r.: It. Payer - / Restauro = 1898.
b.r.: 139 74
– Palazzo Pitti, Florence (328)
The Battle of Solebay, 7 June 1672
edit1673
pencil, brush in grey, pen in brown and pen in black on two sheets of paper
ca. 357 × 1312 mm
1881: purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam RP-T-00-403, RP-T-00-404
Two-decker ‘De Hollandsche Maagd in den Tuin’
edit1628-1693
drawing
The ‘Kingfisher’s? action against seven Algerine ships, 2 June 1681
edit1681 (?)
graphite and brush in grey on paper
257 × 400 mm
– National Maritime Museum, London (PAG6247)
nmm Collections Online archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Portrait of the ‘Mordaunt’, Fourth Rate, built 1681, 46 guns
edit- File: HMSMordaunt.jpg
ca. 1683
graphite and brush in grey on paper
630 × 360 mm
– National Maritime Museum, London (PAI7281)
nmm Collections Online[dead link]
The First Battle of Schooneveld, 28 May 1673
edit1684
oil and ink on canvas
54.4 × 74.6 cm
b.l.: W V Velde f. 1684 / oudt. 73 Jaren
– National Maritime Museum, London (BHC0305)
Disputed works
editAttributed to Willem van de Velde (I)
editEpisode from the Four Day Battle at Sea, 11-14 June 1666
edit1666-1693
oil on canvas
151 × 235 cm
1883: transferred to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (SK-A-1392)
Workshop of Willem van de Velde (I)
editEpisode from the Battle of the Sound, 8 November 1658
editca. 1660
oil and ink on canvas
100 × 142 cm
12-13 June 1888: sale of the collection of Terbruggen at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam
June 1888: purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (SK-A-1467)
RKDimages[dead link]
rijksmuseum.nl
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