Adam Willaerts (21 July 1577 – 4 April 1664) was a

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painter.

Biography

Willaerts (occasionally ''Willarts'', ''Willers'') was born in London to

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parents who had fled from

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for religious reasons. By 1585 the family lived in

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. From 1597 until his death, Adam lived and worked in Utrecht. He became a member of the Utrecht

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in 1611 and subsequently became its dean in 1620. His sons Cornelis,

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, and

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followed in his footsteps. He was known as a painter of river and canal pieces, coastal

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, fish-markets, processions, and genre scenes. He also painted villages and marine battle scenes. His '' Allegory of the victory of the Dutch on the Spanish fleet in Gibraltar'' is in the

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Gallery

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by a Dutch fleet under command of Admiral

Jacob van Heemskerck Jacob van Heemskerck (3 March 1567 – 25 April 1607) was a Dutch explorer and naval admiral. Early life Jacob van Heemskerck was born in Amsterdam in 1567. He is described as having delicate feature, large brown eyes, a thin high nose, ...

,'' 1617. File:Willaerts Shipwrecked.jpg, ''Shipwrecked on a stormy sea'', 1636

References

Adam Willaerts at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
*L. Otto Nelemans, ''Adam Willaerts, Londen 1577-Utrecht 1664. Zijn leven en zijn werk, de religieuze schilderijen in het bijzonder'', 1999 (Doctoral dissertation in Dutch) *

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* 1577 births 1664 deaths Artists from Utrecht Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch marine artists Painters from Utrecht {{netherlands-painter-stub