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Jacob Adriaensz Bellevois (1621,
at the RKD
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...
– 1676, Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...
), was a Dutch painter of marine paintings.Jacob Adriaensz Bellevoisat the RKD
Biography
He was born in Rotterdam as the son of Adriaen Bellevois from Ghent. It is not known with whom he studied. He married on 2 August 1643 in Rotterdam to Cornelia Uithoeks (1623-1652), daughter of a Rotterdam painter. His first wife died in 1631. He remarried in Rotterdam on 3 September 1656 to Maria 't Hert. He stayed in Rotterdam until at least 1663. He was in Gouda from 1661 to 1666, then in Hamburg in 1673 to flee the invading French armies. He was a seascape painter in Hamburg and metJohannes Voorhout
Johannes Voorhout (11 November 1647 – 25 August 1717) was a Dutch painter of history paintings, portraits and genre scenes.Jacob Adriaensz Bellevois Biography
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He returned to Rotterdam in 1675 where he lived on the Breestraat. When he died, he left a large estate.
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Arnold Houbraken
Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters.
Life
Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...
, ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'', 1718
He returned to Rotterdam in 1675 where he lived on the Breestraat. When he died, he left a large estate.Work
He was a follower ofJan Porcellis
Jan Porcellis (1580/84 Ghent – 29 January 1632 Zoeterwoude) was a Dutch marine artist in the seventeenth century. His works initiated a "decisive transition from early realism to the tonal phase", fostering a new style and subject in mari ...
and Simon de Vlieger
Simon de Vlieger ( 1601buried 13 March 1653) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and designer of tapestries, etchings, stained glass windows. While he is mainly known for his marine paintings he also painted beach scenes, landscapes and genre scen ...
and specialized in seascapes. He signed his works mainly 'J.bellevois' and sometimes 'J.Bellevois'. He only dated a few works. There does not appear to be any correlation between the form of his signature and the date. A similar town profile appears on many of the horizons in his seascapes. It is believed that this town is Schoonhoven
Schoonhoven () is a city and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Since 2015 it has been a part of the municipality of Krimpenerwaard, before it had been an independent municipality.
The former municipa ...
which is near to both Rotterdam and Gouda. References
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bellevois, Jacob Adriaensz 1621 births 1676 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch marine artists Painters from Rotterdam