Willem Schellinks

Willem Schellinks
City Walls in Winter
Born2 February 1623, Amsterdam
Died12 October 1678(1678-10-12) (aged 55), Amsterdam
NationalityDutch
Known forpainting, drawing, poetry

Willem Schellinks (1623–1678) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and etcher of landscapes and marine scenes and also a poet. Willem Schellinks was one of the most widely traveled Dutch artists of his time. He traveled along the Loire and the Seine in 1646, and between 1661 and 1665 he visited England, France, Italy, Malta, Germany and Switzerland, keeping a record of his travels in multiple landscapes and scenic views as well as a journal.[1] Alternative spellings, Schellinger and Schellinx.

  1. ^ Willem Schellinks at the J. Paul Getty Museum