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VANDEVELDE, WILLIAM (1633-1707)

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 887 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VANDEVELDE, See also:WILLIAM (1633-1707) , the younger, Dutch painter, a son of William Vandevelde, the See also:elder, also a painter of See also:sea-pieces, was See also:born at See also:Amsterdam in 1633. He was instructed by his See also:father, and afterwards by See also:Simon de Vlieger, a marine painter of repute at the See also:time, and ,had achieved See also:great celebrity by his See also:art before he came to See also:London. In 1674 he was engaged by See also:Charles II., at a See also:salary of £roo, to aid his father in " taking and making See also:draughts of sea-fights," his See also:part of the See also:work being to reproduce in See also:colour the drawings of the elder Vandevelde. He was also patronized by the See also:Duke of See also:York and by various members of the See also:nobility. He died in London on the 6th of See also:April 1707. Most of Vandevelde's finest See also:works represent views off the See also:coast of See also:Holland, with Dutch See also:shipping. His best productions are delicate, spirited and finished in handling, and correct in the See also:drawing of the vessels and their See also:rigging. The numerous figures are tellingly introduced, and the artist is successful in his renderings of sea, whether in See also:calm or See also:storm. Vandevelde was a most prolific artist: in addition to his paintings, of which See also:Smith catalogues about three See also:hundred and See also:thirty, he executed an immense number of drawings, sketches and studies, which are prized by collectors.

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