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Peter van de Velde

Born : 1634

Peter van den Velde, also known as Pieter van de Velde, was a Flemish marine painter born in Antwerp in 1634. He became a master of the city’s Guild of Saint Luke in 1654, working within a market for cabinet pictures and seascapes. His subjects included harbours, ships and turbulent seas. A possible relationship to the celebrated Dutch Van de Velde family remains unproven.

Shipping Off a Rocky Coast, in Greenwich, is a small oil painting on copper. Its vessels confront choppy water amid pronounced contrasts of light and colour. Ships at Anchor Off a Mediterranean Harbour creates a different atmosphere. A large Dutch vessel dominates a bay suffused with golden light. Its Mediterranean setting belongs to an imagined coastal world rather than a securely identified geographical location.

This profile brings together identity references for Peter van de Velde and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.

Documented auction references

1auction reference

1auction house

1documented result with a price

Genève Enchères

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Works recorded at auction

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Genève Enchères · Lot 3237

Scène navale

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Scène navale
huile sur toile

Catalogue period : 2026-04-27

Published result : 1000 CHF

Fees not specified in the available data

Estimate : CHF 1000–1500

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Sources and references

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Profile updated : 2026-10-22