biography
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Velde, Willem van de
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known as the Elder
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pronunciation:
[velduh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1611–93)
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| biography:
| Painter of maritime scenes, born in Leyden, W Netherlands. In 1657 he went to England, and painted large pictures of sea battles in indian ink and black paint for Charles II and James II. His second son, Adriaen van de Velde (1636–72), was a landscape painter. |
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