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- Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633 - 1707)
- Calm: Fishing Boats at Low Water
- Netherlands
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- Date: c. 1660
- Object Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Image size: 32.2 x 36.8 cm
- Inv: P143
- Location: East Galleries III
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- This painting is typical of the scenes of calm with shipping which earned Van de Velde a considerable reputation in his native country. It shows Dutch fishing boats at low tide among the mud banks of Holland’s northern coast. A smalschip, a ship designed for inland waterways, is seen on the left with a kaag, a type of cargo vessel. The luminous treatment of the sky adds to the mood of serene tranquillity.