- Esaias van de Velde
Esaias van de Velde (baptized
May 17 ,1587 ,Amsterdam - buriedNov 18 1630 ,The Hague ) was a Dutchlandscape painter.Born in Amsterdam, whereto his Flemish father Hans had fled as a Protestant in 1585, he probably studied under his father and
Gillis van Coninxloo , a landscape painter fromAntwerp and a follower ofPieter Brueghel the Elder . He worked inHaarlem 1610-1618, where he joined thepainters’ guild in 1612 along withHercules Segers . This event in many ways established realistic landscape paintings as a separate genre in that part of the Netherlands. Van de Velde had been influenced by the German painterAdam Elsheimer to develop his paintings in a more naturalistic direction than his tutor, and to adopt a low viewpoint and a triangular composition.In addition to landscapes, Esaias van de Velde also painted genre and military paintings. He died in The Hague in 1630, where he had been Court Painter to the Prince Maurits and Frederick Henry. His students included
Jan van Goyen andJan Asselyn . A cousin ofJan van de Velde , Esaias was no relation of the family ofWillem van de Velde .References
*George S. Keyes, "Esaias van den Velde", 1587-1630 (1984)
External links
* [http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_artists/00017063?lang=en Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam]
* [http://www.oberlin.edu/allenart/collection/velde.html Allen Memorial Art Museum]
* [http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/v/velde/esaias/winter_l.html Biography and painting]
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