Willem van de Velde the Younger was a Dutch marine painter.
Background
A son of Willem van de Velde the Elder, also a painter of sea-pieces, Willem van de Velde, the younger, was instructed by his father, and afterwards by Simon de Vlieger, a marine painter of repute at the time, and had achieved great celebrity by his art before he came to London.
Career
Willem van de Velde was baptised on 18 December 1633 in Leiden, Holland, Dutch Republic. By 1673 he had moved to England, where he was engaged by Charles II, at a salary of £100, to aid his father in "taking and making draughts of sea-fights", his part of the work being to reproduce in color the drawings of the elder van de Velde. He died on 6 April 1707 in London, England, and was buried at Saint James"s Church.
Membership
He was also patronized by the Duke of York and by various members of the nobility.