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Willem van de Velde the Younger · 1780/90
Willem van de Velde the Younger: 1633–1707
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Biography
Willem van de Velde the Younger (18 December 1633 (baptised) – 6 April 1707) 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.
Willem van de Velde was baptised on 18 December 1633 in Leiden, Holland, Dutch Republic. He was instructed by his father, and around 1650 by Simon de Vlieger, a marine painter of repute at the time, who worked around Weesp. He was also influenced by the work of the Dutch artist Jan van de Cappelle, who excelled at painting cloudy skies, the clouds often being reflected in the calm waters.
Willem was married twice. In 1652, he married Petronella Le Maire of Weesp. The pair was married for a mere fifteen months, and in 1653 Van de Velde began proceedings to separate from his wife. At that time, he lived at Buitenkant and likely had a view on the harbour and the Amsterdam Admiralty. From 1655 one of his neighbors was Michiel de Ruyter, a Dutch Navy Officer. In 1656 he married Magdalena Walravens, the daughter of a skipper.
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Influenced by
- Willem van de Velde the Eldereditorial inference
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Later influence
- Charles Brookingeditorial inference
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Willem van de Velde the Younger. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- Rijksmuseum13 recorded works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art13 recorded works
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)6 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago2 recorded works
- musée Grobet-Labadié — Marseille2 recorded works
- National Gallery of Art2 recorded works
- Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts1 recorded work
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- Wikidata (CC0)
- National Gallery of Art
- Museum authority country review
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Museum authority country review
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Expanded artwork research — official museum evidence
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
