Andries van Eertvelt

Andries van Eertvelt (baptized March 25, 1590 in Antwerp ; † August 1652 there ) was a Flemish painter .

Life

Portrait of van Eertveld by Anthony van Dyck

Andries van Eertvelt is considered one of the most important Flemish marine painters of his time. Nothing is known about his training. By 1609/10 at the latest he worked as a freelance master and was mentioned as a sought-after teacher for about a decade. Towards the end of the 20s of the 17th century, based on his pictorial motifs, a longer study visit to Genoa and Naples is assumed. From March 1631 it is documented again in Antwerp. There is evidence of his good relationship with other Flemish painters of his time. He was portrayed by Anthony van Dyck .

Although van Eertvelt did not break new ground, he was a solid master in his field. His strength was the representation of turbulent and stormy seas in connection with richly painted ships. He was one of the few Flemish painters who tried their hand at this genre and was successful with it.

There are numerous variants of his name: Andries van Ertvelt , Andries van Artvelt , Andries van Aertvelt , Andries van Artevelde , Andries van Artevelt . The preferred spelling at the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie is Andries van Eertvelt .

Works (selection)

"Stormy Seas", detail

• Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum
  • Dutch ships in a storm. (attributed)
• Bonn, Rheinisches Landesmuseum
  • Sea battle off a rocky coast. 1604
• Düsseldorf, art museum
  • Stormy seas.
• London / Greenwich, National Maritime Museum , Caird Collection
  • Battle for San Salvador (Brazil), 1624, oil on canvas, 67.5 × 106.5 cm
• Madrid, Prado Museum
  • Ships off a coast.
  • Ships firing salutes off a coast. (attributed)
• Neuburg an der Donau, Neuburg State Gallery
  • Seascape with four frigates.
  • Harbor scene.
  • Naval battle. around 1648 - 1652
• Salamanca, Museo del Salamanca
  • Ships on stormy seas. (attributed)
• Wrocław, Muzeum Narodowe Wrocław
  • Stormy seas with ships in distress.
• Whereabouts unknown
  • Battle of the Zuiderzee in October 1573 (auctioned on April 17, 1980 at Bonham in London)
  • The return of the Dutch East India Company fleet to Amsterdam in 1599 (auctioned on January 12, 1995 at Sotheby's in New York)
  • Dutch ships on a wavy sea. (auctioned on April 5, 1995 at Sotheby's in London)
  • Shipwreck on a rocky coast. (auctioned on April 7, 1995 at Christie's in London)
  • Ships on stormy seas. (auctioned on May 8, 1995 at Christie's in Amsterdam)
  • Ships on the IJ near Amsterdam. (auctioned on May 9, 1995 at Sotheby's in Amsterdam)
  • Ships on a rough sea. (attributed - auctioned on May 19, 1995 at Sotheby's in New York)
  • Dutch ships in wavy seas off rocky coast (auctioned on January 31, 1997 at Christie's in New York)
  • Ships in the Storm (auctioned on June 20, 1997 at Drouot Richelieu in Paris)
  • Sea battle off a coast. (auctioned on March 30, 1998 at Bernaerts, Veilinghuis in Antwerp)
  • Dutch ships at sea (auctioned 7 July 1998 at Phillips Son & Neal in London)
  • Naval battle between Dutch and Spanish ships. (auctioned on November 9, 1999 at Sotheby's in Amsterdam)
  • Harbor scene (probably) near Genoa. (until at least 2006 London, private collection)
  • Ships on stormy seas. (attributed - auctioned on December 12, 2006 by Dorotheum in Vienna)
  • Ships on a stormy sea. (2007 in the art trade Daphne Alazraki Fine Art in New York)

literature

• Artvelt, Andries van . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 5, Saur, Munich a. a. 1992, ISBN 3-598-22745-0 , p. 345 f.
• Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt:  Artvelt, Andries van . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 614.
• Henri Hymans : Artvelt, Andries van (often Ertveld) . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 2 : Antonio da Monza-Bassan . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908, p. 166 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Fred. C. Willis : Eertvelt, Andries van ([…] in older literature mostly called Artvelt) . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 10 : Dubolon – Erlwein . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1914, p. 360–361 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
• E. Duverger: Antwerpse art inventories uit de zeventiende eeuw . Brussels 1984.
• Konrad Renger, Nina Schleif: State Gallery Neuburg an der Donau, Flemish Baroque painting . Munich / Cologne 2005, p. 34 ff., 343.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Klaus Bußmann , Heinz Schilling : 1648 - War and Peace in Europe. Catalog volume and two text volumes, Münster 1998 [Documentation of the Council of Europe exhibition on the 350th anniversary of the Peace of Westphalia in Münster and Osnabrück.] Münster / Osnabrück 1998, ISBN 3-88789-127-9 , p. 54.

Web links

Commons : Andries van Eertvelt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Andries van Eertvelt. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)