Willem van de Velde the Elder
Willem van de Velde the Elder | |
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Willem Gerard van de Velde the Elder (Gerard Sibelius, after Godfrey Kneller) | |
| Born | Willem van de Velde 1610/11 Leiden, Holland, Dutch Republic |
| Died | 13 December 1693 Sackville Street, London, England. |
| Known for | Marine painting |
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.