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Starting life as a sailor, Willem van de Velde was soon appointed to make drawings and paintings of ships in the Dutch navy, and, in 1672, he was appointed by the English king to record English vessels and naval campaigns. In this drawing, made across two oblong sheets of a sketchbook, Van de Velde turned his eye to the beach, using chalk to capture the flat beach, grassy dunes, and small village and church steeple on the coast of Holland. He added the groupings of figures and horse-drawn carts in the foreground later with pen and ink.
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329354
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Dune Scene with Peasant Figures
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329354
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drawing
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Dune Scene with Peasant Figures
description
Starting life as a sailor, Willem van de Velde was soon appointed to make drawings and paintings of ships in the Dutch navy, and, in 1672, he was appointed by the English king to record English vessels and naval campaigns. In this drawing, made across two oblong sheets of a sketchbook, Van de Velde turned his eye to the beach, using chalk to capture the flat beach, grassy dunes, and small village and church steeple on the coast of Holland. He added the groupings of figures and horse-drawn carts in the foreground later with pen and ink.
date
mid-1650s
citation
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q79876038
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13105
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Drawing
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1
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dimensionsRaw
Support: 28.9 x 58.7 cm (11 3/8 x 23 1/8 in.); Matted: 36.2 x 60.5 x 0.5 cm (14 1/4 x 23 13/16 x 3/16 in.); Image: 17.5 x 49.5 cm (6 7/8 x 19 1/2 in.)
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Netherlands
accession
2019.15
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pen and brown ink over graphite on antique laid paper; lined with tissue paper
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Dune Scene with Peasant Figures, mid-1650s. Willem van de Velde (Dutch, c. 1611–1693). Pen and brown ink over graphite on antique laid paper; lined with tissue paper; support: 28.9 x 58.7 cm (11 3/8 x 23 1/8 in.); matted: 36.2 x 60.5 x 0.5 cm (14 1/4 x 23 13/16 x 3/16 in.); image: 17.5 x 49.5 cm (6 7/8 x 19 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2019.15
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DR - Dutch
inscriptions
inscription
On verso, left border in graphite: Strant fil (?)
didYouKnow
This artist started his career as a sailor, but when his talent was recognized, he became a draftsman and painter of naval scenes and battles in both Holland and England.
citations
citation
National Maritime Museum (Great Britain), Willem van de Velde, and Willem van de Velde. Van De Velde Drawings; A Catalogue of Drawings in the National Maritime Museum Made by the Elder and the Younger Willem Van De Velde. Cambridge [England]: University Press, 1958.
page_number
vol. 2, cat. no. 774-78, p. 5-6, no. 779-89, p. 6-7
citation
Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, Willem van de Velde, and Willem van de Velde. The Willem Van De Velde Drawings in the Boymans-Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam. Rotterdam: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen Foundation, 1979.
page_number
vol. 2, p. 14-15
citation
Daaider, Remmelt. Van de Velde & zoon, zeeschilders: het bedrijf van Willem van de Velde de Oude en Willem van de Velde de Jonge, 1640-1707. Leiden: Primavera Pers, 2016
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 08:56:35.954000
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329354
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Drawings
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DR - Dutch
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pen and brown ink over graphite on antique laid paper; lined with tissue paper
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male
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