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Dune Scene with Peasant Figures
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Starting life as a sailor, Willem van de Velde was soon appointed to make drawings and paintings of ships in the Dutch navy, and, in 1672, he was appointed by the English king to record English vessels and naval campaigns. In this drawing, made across two oblong sheets of a sketchbook, Van de Velde turned his eye to the beach, using chalk to capture the flat beach, grassy dunes, and small village and church steeple on the coast of Holland. He added the groupings of figures and horse-drawn carts in the foreground later with pen and ink.
| Artist / Maker | Willem van de Velde |
|---|---|
| Date | mid-1650s |
| Culture / Origin | Netherlands |
| Medium | pen and brown ink over graphite on antique laid paper; lined with tissue paper |
| Dimensions | Support: 28.9 x 58.7 cm (11 3/8 x 23 1/8 in.); Matted: 36.2 x 60.5 x 0.5 cm (14 1/4 x 23 13/16 x 3/16 in.); Image: 17.5 x 49.5 cm (6 7/8 x 19 1/2 in.) |
| Department | Drawings |
| Type | Drawing |
About the Artist
BiographyWillem van de Velde (1633–1707) — Dutch painter (1633-1707).Willem van de Velde worked as painter and draftsperson and is associated with Dutch Republic. Their documented life spans the years 1633 to 1707, born in Leiden, died in Greenwich.Disciplinespainter, draftspersonBorn1633, LeidenDied1707, GreenwichNationalityDutch RepublicSources: Wikidata · Wikipedia Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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