Which Happened First?

Willem van de Velde the Elder

Willem van de Velde the Elder
Image: After Godfrey Kneller · Public domain · source

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.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Adriaen van OstadeDecember 10, 1610 – 1685
  2. David Teniers the Younger1610 – April 25, 1690
  3. Jan Miense Molenaer1610 – September 1668
  4. William DobsonFebruary 24, 1610 – October 28, 1646
  5. Willem van de Velde the Elder (this page)circa 1611 – December 13, 1693
  6. Pierre Mignard INovember 17, 1612 – May 30, 1695

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