# Ships off the Coast

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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, 45 x 55 cm

## Commentary

The father of Willem van de Velde the Younger was a marine draughtsman who captured the activities of the Dutch fleet in pictures whose motifs were accurate in every detail. He often borrowed motifs from his father for his own compositions, as in the Ships off the 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-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>)