# The Battle at Texel

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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, 150 x 300 cm

## Commentary

Willem van de Velde the Younger is considered one of the best Dutch marine painters, whose fame and popularity lasted well into the 19th century. From a family of painters, he worked with his father Willem van de Velde the Elder when both father and son were in the service of King Charles II in England.

## 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-r00ad23e78b0a54>)
- [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>)

## Attribution

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