# Ships on a Stormy 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, 132 x 192 cm

## Commentary

Ships on a Stormy Sea c. 1672 Oil on canvas, 132 x 192 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio Van de Velde was so successful in depicting the violence of the storm that the force of the wind and the pounding of the waves are almost palpable. The sun has just broken through the heavy, threatening clouds, and shines on the sail of the small ship in the foreground.

## 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

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