Willem van de Velde II (1633-1707)

• Was a Dutch marine painter.
• He was the son of Willem van de Velde the Elder.
• He was instructed by his father, and afterwards by Simon de Vlieger.
• His Father prepared studies of the battles, events and seascapes while the son painted the pictures.
• Father and son were driven from the Netherlands by the political and economic conditions, and by 1673, had moved to England.
• Here he was engaged by Charles II, at a salary of £100, to aid his father in "taking and making draughts of sea-fights", his part of the work being to reproduce in color the drawings of the elder Van de Velde.
• He died on 6 April 1707 in London, England.
• His brother, Adriaen van de Velde, was also an artist.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Willem van de Velde II, The Embarkation of Charles II at Scheveningen, c. 1661.
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Willem van de Velde II, The Embarkation of Charles II at Scheveningen, c. 1661

Original, The Wallace Collection, London. Visited in 2018.

Willem van de Velde II, The Embarkation of Charles II at Scheveningen, c. 1661

Willem van de Velde II, Calm: Fishing Boats at Low Water, c. 1660

Original, The Wallace Collection, London. Visited in 2018.

Willem van de Velde II, Calm: Fishing Boats at Low Water, c. 1660

Willem van de Velde II, Calm: Fishing Boats under Sail, 1655-1660

Original, The Wallace Collection, London. Visited in 2018.

Willem van de Velde II, Calm: Fishing Boats under Sail, 1655-1660

Willem van de Velde II, A Yacht and Other Vessels in a Calm, 1671

Original, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Visited in 2018.

Willem van de Velde II, A Yacht and Other Vessels in a Calm, 1671

Willem van de Velde II, Dutch Vessels Inshore and Men Bathing, 1661

Original, The National Gallery, London. Visited in 2018-19.

Willem van de Velde II, Dutch Vessels Inshore and Men Bathing, 1661

Workshop of Willem van de Velde II - A calm sea with a Weyschint, Kung and Man-O’War moored offshore

Original, Dorotheum-Vienna. Visited in 2019.

Workshop of Willem van de Velde II - A calm sea with a Weyschint, Kung and Man-O’War moored offshore

Willem van de Velde II, Dutch Ships in a Calm Sea, c. 1665

Original, Rijksmuseum. Visited in 2018.

Willem van de Velde II, Dutch Ships in a Calm Sea, c. 1665

Willem van de Velde II, The Dutch Fleet in the Georee Roads, 1672-73

Original, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. Visited in 2018.

Willem van de Velde II, The Dutch Fleet in the Georee Roads, 1672-73

Willem van de Velde II, Beach with a Weyschuit Pulled up on Shore, c. 1673

Original, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Visited in 2018.

Willem van de Velde II, Beach with a Weyschuit Pulled up on Shore, c. 1673

Willem van de Velde II, Storm at Sea, about 1675

Original, Worcester Art Museum, MA. Visited in 2020.

Willem van de Velde II, Storm at Sea, about 1675

Willem van de Velde II - A States Yacht from the Admirality of Amsterdam, be moderate Breeze, meeting a two-decker (1654)

Original, Sotheby`s, New York. Visited in 2020.

Willem van de Velde II - A States Yacht from the Admirality of Amsterdam, be moderate Breeze, meeting a two-decker (1654)

Willem van de Velde II, Marine in calm weather, around 1653

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Willem van de Velde II, Marine in calm weather, around 1653

Willem van de Velde II, A Kaag-type Boat departing

Original, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels. Visited in 2022.

Willem van de Velde II, A Kaag-type Boat departing

Willem van de Velde II, Ships on a calm sea in evening light, c. 1685

Original. Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig, Germany. Visited in 2023.

Willem van de Velde II, Ships on a calm sea in evening light, c. 1685

Willem van de Velde II, Calm Sea, ca. 1660

Original, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main. Visited in 2022.

Willem van de Velde II, Calm Sea, ca. 1660

Willem van de Velde Younger, An English Galliot at Sea Running before a Strong Wind, c. 1690

Original, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge. Visited in 2023.