Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom

Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom
Engraving of the artist, c. 1762.
Bornc. 1562
Haarlem, County of Holland
Diedc. 1640
Haarlem, United Provinces of the Netherlands
OccupationPainter
EraDutch Golden Age
Dutch Ships Ramming Spanish Galleys off the Flemish Coast in October 1602, 1617

Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom (c.1562 – February 4, 1640 (buried)) was a Dutch Golden Age painter credited with being the founder of Dutch marine art or seascape painting.[1] 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.

  1. ^ Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom entry in the RKD