Talk:Willem van de Velde the Younger

Page contents not supported in other languages.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Title of Article[edit]

Is this really the appropriate title for this article? It would seem that a disambiguation page would be a more appropriate way of distinguishing between "the younger" and "the elder".

External links modified[edit]

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to one external link on Willem van de Velde the Younger. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add {{cbignore}} after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add {{nobots|deny=InternetArchiveBot}} to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{Sourcecheck}}).

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 18 January 2022).

  • If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
  • If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—cyberbot IITalk to my owner:Online 12:51, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! This is to let editors know that the featured picture File:Willem van de Velde II - Dutch men-o'-war and other shipping in a calm.jpg, which is used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for May 14, 2020. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2020-05-14. Any improvements or maintenance to this article should be made before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page. If there are any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:58, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Willem van de Velde the Younger

Dutch Ships in a Calm Sea is an oil-on-canvas painting by Dutch marine artist Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633–1707), dating from about 1665. The son of Willem van de Velde the Elder, who also specialized in marine art, he was first instructed by his father and later by Simon de Vlieger. His brother was Adriaen van de Velde, a landscape and animal painter.

Most of Van de Velde's finest works represent shipping off the coast of Holland. The vessels are painted with intricate detail and almost photographic accuracy, providing a high-quality record of the appearance of shipping of the period. He also excelled in his rendering of the sea and sky under various weather conditions. This painting is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

Painting credit: Willem van de Velde the Younger

Recently featured: