View of Haarlem from the Noorder Buiten Spaarne #1

by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom

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View of Haarlem from the Noorder Buiten Spaarne #1

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Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom

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Painting

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View of Haarlem from the Noorder Buiten Spaarne, 1625, is a painting by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom (1562-1640), a Dutch Golden Age painter credited with being the founder of Dutch marine art or seascape painting. Beginning with the "birds-eye" viewpoint of earlier Netherlandish marine art, his later works show a view from lower down, and more realistic depiction of the seas themselves. He is not to be confused with his son and pupil Cornelis Vroom.

Vroom recorded important engagements of the Dutch and English fleets in his oil paintings, giving a detailed portrayal of ships. Most of the pieces described by Van Mander are lost, and his greatest commissions were obtained after Van Mander's death. Vroom's large and decorative battles, ceremonial scenes and beach views introduced novel compositional devices to be taken up by younger Dutch marinists. The Haarlem marine painters Hans Goderis, Cornelis Verbeeck and Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen were all directly influenced by him.

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May 15th, 2021

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