Cornelis Verbeeck - Een Nederlands pinasschip op een woelige zee

Cornelis Verbeeck (1585/1591 – after 1637), also known as Cornelis Verbeecq, was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands which roughly lasted from 1588, when the Dutch Republic was established, to 1672, when the '' Rampjaar'' occurred. During this period, Dutch trade, scientific development ...

painter from

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Biography

He is first mentioned along with

Hans Goderis Hans Goderis (1595/1600, Haarlem – 1656/1659, Haarlem) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography Goderis was the son of Joris Goderis and Marijntgen Lijbaerts. He is first mentioned along with Cornelis Verbeeck in the book ''Harlemias'' by ...

in the book ''Harlemias'' by

Theodorus Schrevelius Theodorus Schrevelius (25 July 1572 – 2 December 1649) was a Dutch Golden Age writer and poet. Biography He was born in Haarlem, and in 1591 went to study Greek and Latin at the University of Leiden. He became the assistant director of the ...

as choosing marine painting.''Harlemias''
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in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

Arnold Houbraken Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch people, Dutch Painting, painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadt ...

, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature Verbeeck painted primarily marine and seascape works. He was directly influenced by

Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom (c.1562 – February 4, 1640 (buried)) was a Dutch Golden Age painter credited with being the founder of Dutch marine art or seascape painting. Some of his works are displayed at the

National Gallery of Art The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of charge, the museum was privately established in ...

. He is not to be confused with the father of the seascape painter Pieter Cornelisz. Verbeeck.Cornelis Verbeeck
in the

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According to the RKD, he was related to Johannes van der Beeck and was known as ''Smit'' for his temperamental similarity to a smith in several fights and brawls. He was married in the Dutch Reformed church in 1609 to Anna Pietersdr and they had 4 children; 3 daughters and a son. Though the son was registered as a painter, nothing is known today of him.

References

1580s births 1630s deaths Painters from Haarlem Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch marine artists {{Netherlands-painter-stub