# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willem-van-de-velde-the-elder
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:21:17.866Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willem-van-de-velde-the-elder"
name: "Willem van de Velde the Elder"
slug: "willem-van-de-velde-the-elder"
description: "Willem van de Velde the Elder was a Dutch Golden Age seascape painter, who produced many precise drawings of ships and ink paintings of fleets, but later learned to use oil paints like his son."
tagline: "Dutch painter (c.1611–1693)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willem_van_de_Velde%2C_by_Gerard_Sibelius_after_Godfrey_Kneller-2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1611"
deathDate: "1693-12-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.28902266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Віллем ван де Вельде Старший"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Вилем ван де Велде Стари"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willem van de Velde an henañ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willem van de Velde el Vell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willem van de Velde den ældre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willem van de Velde der Ältere"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Βίλλεμ φαν ντε Φέλντε ο πρεσβύτερος"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willem van de Velde el Viejo"
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    title: "ویلم ون د ولده"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_van_de_Velde_l'Ancien"
    title: "Willem van de Velde l'Ancien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_van_de_Velde_(1611%E2%80%931693)"
    title: "Willem van de Velde (1611–1693)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willem van de Velde il Vecchio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willem van de Velde (Vyresnysis)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_van_de_Velde_de_Oude"
    title: "Willem van de Velde de Oude"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_van_de_Velde_(den_eldre)"
    title: "Willem van de Velde (den eldre)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_van_de_Velde_(starszy)"
    title: "Willem van de Velde (starszy)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_van_de_Velde%2C_o_Velho"
    title: "Willem van de Velde, o Velho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B5%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%B5_(%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9)"
    title: "Велде, Виллем ван де (Старший)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_van_de_Velde_den_%C3%A4ldre"
    title: "Willem van de Velde den äldre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q722912"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump