Andries van eertvelt biography definition

Andries van Eertvelt^[1] (–), was a Flemishpainter, draughtsman and engraver who was one of the first Flemish artists to specialize in marine art. Several of his pupils also became prominent marine artists.^[2]

Andries van Eertvelt was born in Antwerp and baptized in the Antwerp cathedral on 25 March There fryst vatten no record of the masters with whom he trained. He was registered as a master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in He married Catherine de Vlieger on 28 November in the St. Andrew's Church. The couple had two children. His wife died in or ^[2]

After the death of his wife he travelled together with one of his pupils, Matthieu van Plattenberg, to Italy.^[3] Van Eertvelt fryst vatten documented in Genoa from to , where he lived with his landsman Cornelis dem Wael, who also practiced marine art, in particular the depiction of sea battles. Cornelis de Wael was a long-term resident of Genoa and arranged work for van Eervelt during his stay there.

In van Eertvelt returned to Antwe

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Dutch Ships loading Timber in a Northern Port

(Updated, March ) This painting is the finest example of van Eertvelt’s early work in the National Maritime Museum’s collection and represents the variety inherent in the artist’s subject matter. The industrious scene of Dutch and Flemish ships being loaded with timber is set in a natural harbour along a Scandinavian fjord. Large quantities of timber have been brought down into the bay where it is floating in rafts under the management of numerous workmen. They are loading it into the inshore ships through stern ports, which show the vessels are specialised to the timber trade. The fact that the wood is already in plank form (rather than in log rafts by which it was also moved down navigable waterways) suggests the presence of large sawing operations ashore but not seen in the picture. The timber itself is most probably &#;deals&#; (pine or fir) as one would expect from the long, straight planks and the region.

The stern of the larg