Esaias van de Velde

Esaias van de Velde was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker who pioneered realistic landscape painting in the Netherlands.

ABOUT

Born in Amsterdam in 1587, Esaias van de Velde began his artistic journey after his Flemish father, Hans, sought refuge in the city as a Protestant. He likely honed his skills under his father's tutelage and with Gillis van Coninxloo, an Antwerp landscape painter influenced by Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Van de Velde's early career saw him move to Haarlem in 1610, a city that would become pivotal in establishing landscape painting as a distinct genre. In 1612, he joined the H…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Arcadian Landscape 1610 · Cleveland Museum of Art Landscape on the road to Emmaus with Castle Schagen on the left 1613 · Allen Memorial Art Museum Landscape with a River and a Gatehouse 1614 · Cleveland Museum of Art Winter Scene 1614 · North Carolina Museum of Art Merry Company in a Park 1614 · Mauritshuis Winter landscape 1614 · Fitzwilliam Museum

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Gillis van ConinxlooFlemish landscape painting Pieter Brueghel the ElderFlemish Renaissance painting Adam ElsheimerGerman Baroque painting Roelant SaveryDutch Golden Age painting

Influenced

Pieter van LaerBamboccianti Jan Martszen de JongeDutch Golden Age painting Pieter de NeynDutch Golden Age landscape painting