Hendrick van Anthonissen

Hendrick van Anthonissen (* about 1605 probably in Amsterdam, † before 1660 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter who worked as a marine painter.

Life

Hendrick van Anthonissen was the son of the painter Aernt Anthonisz. called Antun and his wife Barbara Coetermans born in 1605 or 1606. This inaccurate date results from a statement in 1643 that he 37 years, and in 1647 that he was 42 years old. 1629 he lived with his father proved in Amsterdam, so this city is considered as his birthplace. In 1630 he married Judieth Flessiers, whose sister was married to the famous Marine painter Jan Porcellis since 1622. Porcellis, whose pupil he was in 1626, and van Anthonissen were related accordingly. To 1631 came his son Arnoldus van Anthonissen called Aernout, to the world, the marine painter was also.

1632 lived Hendrick van Anthonissen in Leiden, 1635 in Leidendorp and 1642 he moved to the successful sale of his house to Amsterdam at the Anthonispoort. Until 1647 he lived in Amsterdam proven and then went for a few years after Rijnsburg, 1654, he returned, however, and was chased in the same year due to inability to pay out of his house and put in the Schuldgefängis. He remained in the city until his death; In a letter his wife in 1660 was described as a widow, so that he had already passed away at this time.

Work

Like his father made ​​also Hendrick van Anthonissen seascapes, where he made both quiet and moving seascapes, sea battles and beach scenes. Among the most famous paintings of naval battles while the 1639 resulting paintings Episode heard from the Battle of the Downs, which today hangs in the Het National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam. A better-known beach view originates from 1635 and is presented in the Schwerin State Museum as a beach of Scheveningen. In this painting can be a great relationship with the works of Jan Porcellis be recognized, especially with the shipwreck on the beach of 1631 which is located in the Mauritshuis in The Hague.