Johannes Porcellis
Gent (Belgium) about 1584 - Zoeterwoude 1632
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In the XVIIth century maritime paintings started being developped in The Netherlands. Already at the start of that century, Hendrick Vroom commemorates the naval battles against the spanish fleet. The true master of the dutch maritime painters is Jan Porcellis. The only subject of his works is the sea, far from the harbours, far from the coast line, alone with the movement of gray waves under a heavy sky. Porcellis influences an entire generation of painters, thus preparing the summit of this genre in the middle of the century with his pupils S. de Vlieger and J. van de Capelle, followed by the two Van de Veldes, who went to London in 1672. The second Van de Velde influences Backhuysen at his turn. The flowering of the maritime painting is even more brilliant as it coincides with the apogee of the landacapes.
Jan van Goyen, Aelbert Cuyp and Jacob van Ruisdael have also made maritime paintings. (MBB)

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