Dutch Ship: The Tholen (?)
Willem van de Velde I
1625–93
Medium
Graphite
Dimensions
sheet: 12 1/2 x 19 9/16 in. (31.8 x 49.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1909
Accession Number
10.45.27
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Coat of ArmsShips
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...