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Portrait of a long-haired man in black with a white collar, pointing at a sheet with a ship sketch before a red curtain.

Willem van de Velde II (1633-1707), schilder

Half-length portrait of a long-haired man with a moustache, wearing a black doublet, white collar and ruffled cuffs. He holds an unrolled sheet showing an ink sketch of sailing ships and points at it, with a red curtain and distant sea behind him.

Artist
Lodewijk van der Helst
Date
1660-1672
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3545 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1672.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: Retrato de Willem van de Velde II, pintor, por Lodewijk van der Helst

Retrato de medio cuerpo de un hombre de cabello largo y bigote, con jubón negro, cuello blanco y puños con volantes. Sostiene una hoja desplegada con un boceto a tinta de barcos de vela y la señala, con una cortina roja y un mar lejano detrás de él.

Português: Retrato de Willem van de Velde II, pintor, por Lodewijk van der Helst

Retrato de meio corpo de um homem de cabelo comprido e bigode, usando gibão preto, gola branca e punhos com babados. Ele segura uma folha desenrolada com um esboço a tinta de navios à vela e aponta para ela, com uma cortina vermelha e um mar distante ao fundo.

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