Hendrick Corneliszoon van Vliet (1611/1612,
Delft
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– buried October 28, 1675, Delft) 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 Dutch art, ...
painter remembered mostly for his church interiors.
Biography
He studied under his uncle
Willem van der Vliet
Willem van der Vliet (c. 1584 – 6 December 1642) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
Van der Vliet was born and died in Delft. According to Houbraken his paintings are historical allegories and portraits. Records of his paintings ...
and was admitted to the painters guild in Delft in 1632. He was good at perspective but later took up portrait painting with
Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt
Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, often abbreviated as Michiel Jansz. and the surname also spelled Miereveld or Miereveldt, (; 1 May 1566 – 27 June 1641) was a Dutch painter and draftsman of the Dutch Golden Age.
Biography
Van Mierevelt wa ...
. Van Vliet started out with
architectural painting
Architectural painting (also Architecture painting) is a form of genre painting where the predominant focus lies on architecture, including both outdoor and interior views. While architecture was present in many of the earliest paintings and illum ...
, particularly the painting of church interiors. Before him, architectural painting had been pioneered by
Pieter Saenredam
Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (9 June 1597 – buried 31 May 1665) was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age, known for his distinctive paintings of whitewashed church interiors such as ''Interior of St Bavo's Church in Haarlem'' and '' Interior of the ...
, who introduced innovative techniques of perspective. By mid century, architectural painting gained great popularity. Among the churches painted by Van Vliet are the ''Pieterskerk'' (Peter's Church) in
Leiden
Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration wit ...
, the
Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) in Delft, and the
Oude Kerk (Old Church) in Delft (Van Vliet would be buried in the latter in 1675).
Emanuel de Witte
Emanuel de Witte (1617–1692) was a Dutch perspective painter. In contrast to Pieter Jansz Saenredam, who emphasized architectural accuracy, De Witte was more concerned with the atmosphere of his interiors. Though few in number, de Witte als ...
and
Gerard Houckgeest
Gerard Houckgeest (c. 1600–August 1661) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of architectural scenes and church interiors.
Biography
Houckgeest is thought to have been born in The Hague, where, according to the RKD, he learned to paint from Ba ...
, also painted these Delft church interiors. Paintings of the tomb of
William the Silent
William the Silent (24 April 153310 July 1584), also known as William the Taciturn (translated from nl, Willem de Zwijger), or, more commonly in the Netherlands, William of Orange ( nl, Willem van Oranje), was the main leader of the Dutch Re ...
were quite popular.
Works
The paintings of Van Vliet can be seen at the
Rijksmuseum
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in Amsterdam,
Centraal Museum Utrecht, the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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in New York, the
Walker Art Gallery
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History of the Gallery
The Walker Art Gallery's collection ...
(Liverpool, England), the
Milwaukee Art Museum
The Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) is an art museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Its collection contains nearly 25,000 works of art.
Location and Visit
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, the
Ringling Art Museum in Sarasota, Florida, the
Nelson-Atkins Art Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, the Baltimore Museum of Art in Baltimore, the Bildenden Kunste Art Museum in Leipzig, Germany and the
Hermitage Museum
The State Hermitage Museum ( rus, Государственный Эрмитаж, r=Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, p=ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ, links=no) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is the list of ...
(''
Portrait of a Woman'') and
Pushkin Art Museum in Russia.
Sources
Hendrick van Vliet at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
External links
Works and literature on Hendrick Corneliszoon van VlietVan Vliet at the Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamVermeer and The Delft School exhibition catalog fully online as PDF from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Hendrick Corneliszoon van Vliet (see index)
The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer exhibition catalog fully online as PDF from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Hendrick Corneliszoon van Vliet (cat. no. 11)
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1610s births
1675 deaths
Dutch Golden Age painters
Dutch male painters
Artists from Delft
Burials at the Oude Kerk, Delft