Gaspar van Eyck - Mediterranean Coast Scene

Gaspar or Casper van Eyck (bapt. 6 February 1613, in

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– before December 1674, in

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) was a Flemish painter of marine subjects and sea-fights. He worked in Antwerp and spent some time working in Genoa and Madrid.Casper van Eyck
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Life

Van Eyck was born in Antwerp as the son of the tailor Nicolaas van Eyck, originally from the

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, and Joanna Ros. He was baptized on 6 february 1613. He had a sister and three brothers, of whom

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became a painter of equestrian and battle scenes, landscapes and portraits. He was the uncle of the landscape painter

Jan Carel van Eyck Jan Carel van Eyck or Jan Karel van Eyck (1649 in Antwerp – 1686/1706), was a Flemish painter active in Antwerp and Italy in the second half of the 17th century. He is known for his landscapes with villages and city scapes with genre scenes. He ...

.Frans Jozef Peter Van den Branden, ''Geschiedenis der Antwerpsche schilderschool'', Antwerpen, 1883, p. 1013-1014 He was registered at Antwerp's Guild of Saint Luke as a pupil of the prominent marine painter

Andries van Eertvelt Andries van Eertvelt (1590 – 1652), was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and engraver who was one of the first Flemish artists to specialize in marine art. Several of his pupils also became prominent marine artists.Ph. Rombouts and Th. van Lerius, ''De Liggeren en andere Historische Archieven der Antwerpsche Sint Lucasgilde, onder Zinkspreuk: "Wy Jonsten Versaemt" afgeschreven en bemerkt door Ph. Rombouts en Th. Van Lerius, Advokaet, onder de bescherming van den raed van bestuer der koninklyke Akademie van beeldende Kunsten, van gezegde Stad''
Volume 1, Antwerp, 1872, p. 607 Van Eyck became a master in the

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in the guild year 1632-1633.Ph. Rombouts and Th. van Lerius, ''De Liggeren en andere Historische Archieven der Antwerpsche Sint Lucasgilde, onder Zinkspreuk: "Wy Jonsten Versaemt" afgeschreven en bemerkt door Ph. Rombouts en Th. Van Lerius, Advokaet, onder de bescherming van den raed van bestuer der koninklyke Akademie van beeldende Kunsten, van gezegde Stad''
Volume 2, Antwerp, 1872, pp. 35, 43 He traveled in 1632 to

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, where he collaborated with the Flemish painter and art dealer

Cornelis de Wael Cornelis de Wael (Antwerp, 1592 – Rome, 1667) was a Southern Netherlands, Flemish painter, engraver and merchant who was primarily active in Genoa in Italy. He is known for his genre paintings, battle scenes, history paintings and still lifes ...

. De Wael and his brother

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had established a workshop in Genoa in 1628 which had become the centre of the colony of Flemish artists who resided in or passed through the city. These Flemish artists could take advantage of the work and artistic activity that the brothers' workshop attracted.Alison Stoesser, ''Lucas and Cornelis de Wael: Flemish artists in Antwerp, Genoa and Rome in the seventeenth century'', vol. 1: Text, unpublished doctoral dissertation

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/ref> Van Eyck's master Andries van Eertvelt had also worked in Genoa with the de Wael brothers in the period from 1628 to 1630.Andries van Eertvelt
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He was in Madrid in 1649 and 1650 where he was briefly working for the court. He was there likely with the Flemish painter

Giovanni di Filippo del Campo Jean Ducamps, Giovanni di Filippo del Campo or Giovanni del Campo (1600, CambraiGiovanni del Campo
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with whom he collaborated on paintings.Pérez Preciado, J. J. en E.M.N.P., Madrid, 2006, tomo III, p. 1026
He was back in Antwerp in 1656 and then moved to Brussels the same year. Here he remained until his death in 1673. He is believed to have suffered from mental illness and his brother Hendrick, who was a clergyman, was his guardian after the death of their parents.

Work

Gaspar van Eyck - Naval Battle between Turks and Maltese

Van Eyck was a marine specialist. His paintings comprise the whole range of marine painting including marine battles, storms, shipwrecks, views of ships in rivers, coastal waters and ports, etc. He painted various types of ships, including Turkish galleys with Turkish figures on them.

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, p. 367, 1660,

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He worked in the Flemish mannerist tradition of his master Andries van Eertvelt.Gaspar van Eyc, ''Mediterranean Coast Scene''
at the Maritime Museum His paintings are typically small-sized with tiny figures engaging in diverse actions and poses. Air and water acquire in his works a blurred and transparent quality, thus creating the impression that the works are unfinished. A closer view of his paintings shows the delicacy of the representation. Van Eyck worked closely with

Giovanni di Filippo del Campo Jean Ducamps, Giovanni di Filippo del Campo or Giovanni del Campo (1600, CambraiGiovanni del Campo
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, who added the figures to his marines. While in Spain, van Eyck and del Campo worked for Flemish collectors based in Madrid, such as the Duke of Aarschot, who generously sponsored his work, and contributed to the distribution of his paintings in Spain. Three pictures by him are in the

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. They did not enter the royal collection until the 18th century, through the collection of Charles IV. At least two of them are dated 1649, suggesting a presence of his work in Spain since the 17th century. In these three canvases he shows his knowledge of southern European painting, both in the Italianization of some details and in certain loans from the work of

Claude Lorrain Claude Lorrain (; born Claude Gellée , called ''le Lorrain'' in French; traditionally just Claude in English; c. 1600 – 23 November 1682) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher of the Baroque era. He spent most of his life in It ...

and hints of the ''Battle of Ostia'' by Raphael. These traits are visible in the ''Naval Battle between Turks and Maltese''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eyck, Gaspar 1613 births 1674 deaths Flemish Baroque painters Flemish marine artists Artists from Antwerp Painters from Antwerp