Adam Willaerts
Adam Willaerts (21 July 1577 – 4 April 1664) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
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Biography
Willaerts (occasionally Willarts, Willers) was born in London to Flemish parents who had fled from Antwerp for religious reasons. By 1585 the family lived in Leiden. From 1597 until his death, Adam lived and worked in Utrecht. He became a member of the Utrecht Guild of St. Luke in 1611 and subsequently became its dean in 1620. His sons Cornelis, Abraham, and Isaac followed in his footsteps.
He was known as a painter of river and canal pieces, coastal landscapes, fish-markets, processions, and genre scenes. He also painted villages and marine battle scenes.
Gallery
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Adam Willaerts, attributed to - Harbour scene - Google Art Project.jpg
Harbour scene, circa 1615
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De overwinning op de Spanjaarden bij Gibraltar door een vloot onder bevel van Jacob van Heemskerck, 25 april 1607 - Dutch victory in the battle of Gibraltar (Adam Willaerts, 1617).jpg
The defeat of the Spaniards at Gibraltar by a Dutch fleet under command of Admiral Jacob van Heemskerck, 1617.
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Willaerts Shipwrecked.jpg
Shipwrecked on a stormy sea, 1636
References
- Adam Willaerts at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
- L. Otto Nelemans, Adam Willaerts, Londen 1577-Utrecht 1664. Zijn leven en zijn werk, de religieuze schilderijen in het bijzonder, 1999 (Doctoral dissertation in Dutch)
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
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