# Calm Sea

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VELDE, Willem van de, the Younger](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-willem-van-de-the-younger-r0bffb341108fca>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 51,6 x 56,5 cm

## Commentary

Van de Velde&#39;s calms are amongst the most accomplished of all his paintings, and are central to his work in Holland from the 1650s onwards. Typically, as here, they depict Dutch coastal craft at low tide among the sand banks of the northern Dutch coast.

## Related artworks

- [A Dutch Ship at Anchor](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-willem-van-de-the-younger-r0bffb341108fca/a-dutch-ship-at-anchor-rf3c5d3f0ae5a35>)
- [A Kaag and a Smalschip at Anchor](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-willem-van-de-the-younger-r0bffb341108fca/a-kaag-and-a-smalschip-at-anchor-r30f031a02ec05b>)
- [A States Yacht and Other Vessels in Light Air](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-willem-van-de-the-younger-r0bffb341108fca/a-states-yacht-and-other-vessels-in-light-air-r731411f1db7d4c>)
- [An Indiaman in a Gale off a Rocky Coast](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-willem-van-de-the-younger-r0bffb341108fca/an-indiaman-in-a-gale-off-a-rocky-coast-r578f36ccebf606>)
- [Blockhouses on the Amstel outside Amsterdam](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-willem-van-de-the-younger-r0bffb341108fca/blockhouses-on-the-amstel-outside-amsterdam-r97c2b4c033b747>)
- [Calm - Dutch Smalschips and a Rowing Boat](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-willem-van-de-the-younger-r0bffb341108fca/calm---dutch-smalschips-and-a-rowing-boat-raedec22386248f>)
- [Calm: Dutch Ships Coming to Anchor](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-willem-van-de-the-younger-r0bffb341108fca/calm-dutch-ships-coming-to-anchor-r9dee47714f1d7c>)
- [Calm Sea](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-willem-van-de-the-younger-r0bffb341108fca/calm-sea-r84fd6ce3086a26>)
- [Calm Sea](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-willem-van-de-the-younger-r0bffb341108fca/calm-sea-rd99a01e2f81fdc>)
- [Entrance to a Dutch Port](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-willem-van-de-the-younger-r0bffb341108fca/entrance-to-a-dutch-port-r26cd5fdcc1df99>)
- [Marine Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-willem-van-de-the-younger-r0bffb341108fca/marine-landscape-rbe160029ff2e50>)
- [Shipping in Heavy Seas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-willem-van-de-the-younger-r0bffb341108fca/shipping-in-heavy-seas-rd8d9604f5ed084>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)