Smith, John: A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters: in which is included a short biographical notice of the artists, with a copious description of their principal pictures : a statement of the prices at which such pictures have been sold at public sales on the continent and in England; a reference the the galleries and private collections in which a large portion are at present; and the names of the artists by whom they have been engraved; to which is added, a brief notice of the scholars & imitators of the great masters of the above schools (Part 6) (London: Smith and Son, 1835)

SCHOLARS & IMITATORS OF W. VANDER VELDE. 399
mediocre abilities, whom the son very soon surpassed, and
ultimately attained a degree of excellence, which places some
of his productions of the pencil in considerable affinity to
those by Vander Velde. One of this class, representing a
fresh breeze, having the initials of the painter, J. P., upon it,
was imported by a dealer, in 1817, and sold for 35Z.; the same
picture was afterwards exhibited in the British Gallery, under
the name of William Vander Velde, and having there acquired
a reputation, was sold the following year by auction, for 300gs.,
it being at that time the property of a noble lord.
William Vitringa. Although this painter is said to have
been a scholar of Ludolph Backhuyzen, and is noticed under
the head of his imitators, yet there is occasionally, in his
pictures, representing calms, so near an approximation to
similar scenes by William Vander Velde, as to induce a belief
that he aimed at an imitation of that master’s works.
Abraham Storck, born at Amsterdam, in 1650, was a
clever painter of marine subjects, and has, in many instances,
very ingeniously imitated the style of William Vander Velde.
His manner of handling, in his general works, is however so
inferior to that painter’s, that none but the wholly inexpe-
rienced can be deceived by them.
He died at Amsterdam, in 1708.
John Vander Capella. This talented artist, of whose
existence no record (that has come under the Writer’s notice)
has hitherto been made by his countrymen, ssourished at the
end of the seventeenth century. He appears to have devoted
himself chiessy to marine subjects, and is so diversified in his
style, and tones of colouring, that in some instances he reminds
the connoisseur of De Vlieger and Dubbels, while in others
he has had in view the warmth and effects of Cuyp, and
again he has imitated the silvery hues of William Vander