Dutch Merchant Ships at Anchor or under Easy Sail in a Moderate Breeze
Willem van de Velde I
ca. 1658
Medium
Pencil, brush and grayish brown wash
Dimensions
6 1/2 x 9 1/8 in. (16.5 x 23.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.816
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Ships
About the Artist
Willem van de Velde I · 1611–1693
**Willem van de Velde the Elder (1610/11–1693)** was a pioneering Dutch Golden Age marine artist renowned for his meticulous drawings and pen paintings of ships and naval engagements. Born in Leiden to a Flemish skipper, he grew up immersed in maritime life, joining his father at sea from an early age. He married Judith Adriaens van Leeuwen in 1631, and their children included Magdalena, the marin...