Willem van de Velde the Elder
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Willem van de Velde the Elder #8,678Established

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personDutch, 1611–1693play_circleStream Art
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Selected Works12

Museum Acquisitions

Getty Museum
Figures on Board Small Merchant Vessels
Figures on Board Small Merchant Vessels, 1650
Acquired 1987

Previous Sales

Sotheby's
Dutch shipping under way in a moderate breeze from the anchorage off Vlieland
Dutch shipping under way in a moderate breeze from the anchorage off Vlieland
Sold
Dec 2025
Sotheby's
A Frigate and another Ship at Sea
A Frigate and another Ship at Sea
Sold
Jul 2025
Sotheby's
Fisherfolk on the shore, with a boat and nets
Fisherfolk on the shore, with a boat and nets
$63,731
Jun 2024
Sotheby's
A coastal scene with a three-master, a kaag on a broad reach and other small vessels, a penschilderij
A coastal scene with a three-master, a kaag on a broad reach and other small vessels, a penschilderij
$822,454
Jul 2021
Sotheby's
The Dutch Fleet at Anchor
The Dutch Fleet at Anchor
Sold
Jul 2021
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled
$5,429,000
Jan 2015
Sotheby's
Shipping In a Calm Offshore With Figures On The Shore By a Rowing Boat, a Man-of-war Lying Off
Shipping In a Calm Offshore With Figures On The Shore By a Rowing Boat, a Man-of-war Lying Off
$3,130,824
Dec 2012

For Sale

Mireille Mosler Ltd. · Artsy
A Dutch Fleet Lying at Anchor at the IJ, Amsterdam
A Dutch Fleet Lying at Anchor at the IJ, Amsterdam, 1663
Sold
Black chalk and grey wash with touches of pen and black ink, on two joined sheets of paper
Rijksmuseum · Artsy
The Battle of Terheide
The Battle of Terheide, 1657
For sale
Ink on canvas
J. Paul Getty Museum · Artsy
Figures on Board Small Merchant Vessels
Figures on Board Small Merchant Vessels, 1650
For sale
Pen and brown ink and blue-grey wash over leadpoint, incised for transfer
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Dutch Ships near the Coast
Dutch Ships near the Coast, 1650
For sale
Oil on panel
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Other Museum Acquisitions1

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Figures on Board Small Merchant Vessels
J. Paul Getty Museum · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 1987 · Accession 87.GG.80 · Drawings
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
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Current Exhibitions0

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Recent Activity2

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death
Willem van de Velde the Elder dies
Jan 1, 1693
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birth
Willem van de Velde the Elder born
Jan 1, 1611