Adriaen van de Velde: Painter of Tranquil Landscapes and Animal Scenes Adriaen van de Velde (1636-1672) stands as a pivotal figure in Dutch Golden Age art, celebrated primarily for his exquisitely rendered landscapes populated with animals—a genre that cemented his reputation as one of the foremost practitioners of Italianate landscape painting. Born in Amsterdam to Willem van de Velde the Elder and brother to Willem van de Velde the…