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This one is from his years in Paris, about a year after he arrived from the Netherlands and first saw Impressionist work in person. 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One mast has snapped, a sail has broken loose, and a smaller ship is caught in the same weather off to the left. In 1672 Van de Velde and his father, also a marine painter, went to work for the English court. He painted this in England as a pair with The Cannon Shot: one sea in a storm, the other in a dead calm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWillem van de Velde the Younger, about 1680\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSource: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Willem van de Velde the Younger","offers":[{"title":"12 x 18 in","offer_id":50479463268592,"sku":null,"price":95.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18 x 24 in","offer_id":50479463301360,"sku":null,"price":155.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24 x 36 in","offer_id":50479463334128,"sku":null,"price":245.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/8359\/0384\/files\/FinalAShipontheHighSeasCaughtbyasquall_TheGust_2.0Shopify.jpg?v=1789660843"},{"product_id":"the-cannon-shot","title":"The Cannon Shot","description":"\u003cp\u003eNot a breath of wind. A Dutch warship sits on flat water with its sails hanging slack as it fires a cannon. Two small boats float on either side, and another warship waits in the distance with its sails lowered. This is the calm half of the pair Van de Velde painted in England with the Gust. He signed it W. v. 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Leickert learned to paint in The Hague, partly under Andreas Schelfhout, and made winter scenes his specialty. The original canvas is almost two metres wide. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharles Leickert, 1867\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSource: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charles Leickert","offers":[{"title":"18 x 12 in","offer_id":50479504359664,"sku":null,"price":95.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24 x 18 in","offer_id":50479504392432,"sku":null,"price":155.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"36 x 24 in","offer_id":50479504425200,"sku":null,"price":245.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/8359\/0384\/files\/FinalWinterScene2.0Shopify.jpg?v=1789661369"},{"product_id":"a-frozen-canal-near-the-river-maas","title":"A Frozen Canal near the River Maas","description":"\u003cp\u003eA wide winter view in pale, muted colour. 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