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Willem van de Velde the Younger

1633 - 1707

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Willem van de Velde the Younger (18 December 1633 (baptised) – 6 April 1707) was a Dutch marine painter, the son of Willem van de Velde the Elder, who also specialised in maritime art. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willem van de Velde the Younger has received more than 149,749 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Willem van de Velde the Younger is the 789th most popular painter (down from 735th in 2019), the 330th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 295th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Willem van de Velde the Younger ranks 789 out of 2,023. Before him are Xia Gui, Karel Dujardin, Emanuel de Witte, Bartolomeo Montagna, Yun Shouping, and Jean Metzinger. After him are Andrea di Bonaiuto da Firenze, Félix Ziem, Ercole de' Roberti, Marie Krøyer, Esaias van de Velde, and Cindy Sherman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1633, Willem van de Velde the Younger ranks 11. Before him are Emperor Go-Kōmyō, Kaya Sultan, Samuel Pepys, Bernardino Ramazzini, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Yun Shouping. After him are Arsenije III Čarnojević, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Willem Drost, Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Geminiano Montanari, and Jean de Thévenot. Among people deceased in 1707, Willem van de Velde the Younger ranks 11. Before him are Ahmad Khani, Jean Mabillon, Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Shitao, Christoph Cellarius, and Johann Patkul. After him are Johann Christoph Denner, Alexandre Exquemelin, Jeremiah Clarke, Zheng Keshuang, Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Petter Dass.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Willem van de Velde the Younger ranks 330 out of 1,646. Before him are Jacobus Kapteyn (1851), Karel Dujardin (1622), Emanuel de Witte (1617), Franciscus Donders (1818), Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903), and Samuel Goudsmit (1902). After him are Charles II, Duke of Guelders (1467), Nikolaus Gerhaert (1420), Esaias van de Velde (1587), Joanna of Bavaria (1356), Henk Sneevliet (1883), and Isaac Titsingh (1745).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Willem van de Velde the Younger ranks 73. Before him are Marinus van Reymerswaele (1490), Adriaen van de Velde (1636), Aert de Gelder (1645), Jan Dirksz Both (1618), Karel Dujardin (1622), and Emanuel de Witte (1617). After him are Esaias van de Velde (1587), Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597), Isaac Israëls (1865), Hercules Seghers (1589), Leonaert Bramer (1596), and Jan van Huysum (1682).

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