Hans Goderis - Two ferries leaving Hoorn Harbour

Hans Goderis (1595/1600, Haarlem – 1656/1659, Haarlem) was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and art an ...

painter.

Biography

Goderis was the son of Joris Goderis and Marijntgen Lijbaerts. He is first mentioned along with

Cornelis Verbeeck Cornelis Verbeeck (1585/1591 – after 1637), also known as Cornelis Verbeecq, was a Dutch Golden Age painter from Haarlem. Biography He is first mentioned along with Hans Goderis in the book ''Harlemias'' by Theodorus Schrevelius as choosing mar ...

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 L ...

as choosing marine painting.''Harlemias''
page 389
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the

Digital library for Dutch literature The Digital Library for Dutch Literature (Dutch: Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren or DBNL) is a website (showing the abbreviation as dbnl) about Dutch language and Dutch literature. It contains thousands of literary texts, second ...

Goderis painted primarily marine and seascape works.Hans Goderis
in the

RKD The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ...

According to the RKD, he was the pupil of

Jan Porcellis Jan Porcellis (1580/84 Ghent – 29 January 1632 Zoeterwoude) was a Dutch marine artist in the seventeenth century. His works initiated a "decisive transition from early realism to the tonal phase", fostering a new style and subject in m ...

References

* 1590s births 1650s deaths Artists from Haarlem Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch marine artists Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown {{Netherlands-painter-stub