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WILLIAM VANDEVELDE (1633-1707)

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

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