Willem Van De Velde The Elder

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Place: Leiden

Born: 1611

Death: 1693

Biography:

Willem van de Velde the Elder (c. 1611 – 13 December 1693) was a Dutch Golden Age seascape painter. Willem van de Velde, known as the Elder, a marine draughtsman and painter, was born in Leiden, the son of a Flemish skipper, Willem Willemsz. van de Velde, and is commonly said to have been bred to the sea. In 1706 Bainbrigg Buckeridge noted that he ...

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