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AW
YORK
NOV 20
10-PM
7953
39
W. VAN
DE VELDE
NEW YORK
DUTCH FLEET
0TH ANNIVERSARY
CALM 1953-
300 TH ANNIVERSARY OF EW YORK CITY
(Collection
Bruce S.
Ingram, Esq.)
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WILLEM VAN DE VELDE (1611-1693). Born at Leyden. Began life
as a sailor, but by the age of twenty had already turned to the painting of
marine subjects. Invited to England by Charles II, and is described on
his tombstone in St. James's, Piccadilly, as "painter of sea-fights to their
Majesties King Charles II and King James II."
P.C. 209
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