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Adam Willaerts (1577-1664)

Professions: Naval painter

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    ADAM WILLAERTS ANTWERP 1577 - 1664 UTRECHT

    ADAM WILLAERTS ANTWERP 1577 - 1664 UTRECHT

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    The Embarkation of the Elector Palatine in the 'Prince Royal at Dover, 25 April 1613

    The Embarkation of the Elector Palatine in the 'Prince Royal at Dover, 25 April 1613

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    Adam Willaerts (Antwerpen 1577-1644 Utrecht)

    Adam Willaerts (Antwerpen 1577-1644 Utrecht)

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    Adam Willaerts , Antwerp 1577 - 1664 Utrecht A river estuary with a royal barge and other shipping, a ruined tower and numerous figures on the banks in the foreground oil on panel

    Adam Willaerts , Antwerp 1577 - 1664 Utrecht A river estuary with a royal barge and other shipping, a ruined tower and numerous figures on the banks in the foreground oil on panel

Adam Willaerts Biography

(b Antwerp, 1577; d Utrecht, 4 April 1664). During his early years in Antwerp he was impressed with the colourful paintings of the Fleming Jan Breughel the elder, but the subject and style of his earliest known picture, Dutch East Indiamen off the West African Coast (1608; Amsterdam, Hist. Mus.), presumably painted after the artist’s arrival in Holland, shows the influence of the Dutch marine painter Hendrick Cornelisz. Vroom. In this painting Willaerts adopted Vroom’s austere compositional scheme of an uninterrupted horizontal expanse of water with no framing devices, but he lacked Vroom’s skill in depicting ships.

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