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Willem van de Velde the Elder

1611 - 1693

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Willem van de Velde the Elder is the 1,207th most popular painter (up from 1,289th in 2019), the 514th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 537th in 2019) and the 110th most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Willem van de Velde the Elder ranks 1,207 out of 2,023. Before him are Constant Permeke, Giuseppe Abbati, Vincenzo Camuccini, Urs Graf, Hans Rottenhammer, and Barthel Beham. After him are Viggo Johansen, Edward Poynter, Eugène Isabey, Richard Bergh, Alla Horska, and Albertus Pictor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1611, Willem van de Velde the Elder ranks 18. Before him are Carlo Rainaldi, Jan Fyt, Mary Dyer, Antonio de Pereda, Giancarlo de' Medici, and James Harrington. After him are Magdalene of Nagasaki, Henry Ireton, Andreas Hammerschmidt, and Willem Piso. Among people deceased in 1693, Willem van de Velde the Elder ranks 17. Before him are Elisabeth Hevelius, Johann Caspar Kerll, John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Maria van Oosterwijck, Laurent Cassegrain, and Flavio Chigi. After him are Claudio Coello, Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, and Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Willem van de Velde the Elder ranks 514 out of 1,646. Before him are Albert Eckhout (1610), Jan Gies (1905), Lodewijk van Heiden (1773), Hendrik van Gent (1900), Michael van Langren (1598), and Jo Bonfrère (1946). After him are Louis Beel (1902), Corine Rottschäfer (1938), Floor Jansen (1981), Victor Marijnen (1917), Macropedius (1487), and Jan Luyken (1649).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Willem van de Velde the Elder ranks 110. Before him are Jan Mandijn (1500), Isaac van Ostade (1621), Willem Drost (1633), Barent Fabritius (1624), Arnold Houbraken (1660), and Albert Eckhout (1610). After him are Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831), Matthias Stom (1600), Joachim Wtewael (1566), Caesar van Everdingen (1616), Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (1472), and Jan Mostaert (1475).

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