January 21, 1672

Adriaen van de Velde was a Dutch painter. He was baptised November 30, 1636 and buried January 21, 1672. He was part of a family of artists, and his Nederlands Wikipedia article says he was financially well-off. He married a Catholic and so was involved in clandestine rituals to have their children baptised in their mother's faith.

Adriaen van de Velde specialised in animal and landscape paintings. His talent was such that other artists used him to paint some figures in their own paintings. The translate tool produces absurd results in patches but apparently the following artists have figures, (including animal) in their work that were painted by Adriaen van de Velde.

Hobbema ,
Ruisdael ,
Adriaen Hendricksz.Verboom ,
Jan van der Heyden
Frederik de Moucheron
and
Jan Wynants.

This example of his work tells us why he was so popular:





I have never before seen an artist capture that translucent fur over skin effect so well.