Govert van Emmerik

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Hamburg two-master in front of a lighthouse

Govert van Emmerik (born November 3, 1808 in Dordrecht , † November 11, 1882 in Hamburg ) was a Dutch marine painter .

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Govert van Emmerik was the son of Matthijs van Emmerik and Adriana van Steenbergen. He was a student of PJ Schotel and P. Hofman in Dordrecht. In 1861 he moved to Hamburg; from 1847 he exhibited his paintings in The Hague and Amsterdam, from 1862 also in Hamburg. A painting by van Emmerik was the subject of a restitution of looted art in 2010 ; the claim was made to the Dutch State Collection. The picture Schepen bij een kust from 1869 was restituted to the heirs.

  • Cruising sailors off the coast

  • Dutch frigate and Dutch two-masters on a rough sea

  • Turkish dhow and two three-masters off the coast

  • Four-mast full ship and sailed paddle steamer on the high seas

  • Ships in a storm

  • View of Dordrecht

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Van Ham Art Auctions: Old Art , 190 auction, October 28-30, 1999
  2. ↑ Baptism: Doopboek van de Waalsche Kerk
  3. ↑ Biographical information from the Stahl auction house
  4. ↑ Recommendation regarding Zadick
personal data
SURNAME Emmerik, Govert van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch marine painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH Dordrecht
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 1882
Place of death Hamburg