Andries van Eertvelt
1590-1652 Belgium/Baroque
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Brief Biography-Andries van Eertvelt was a member of the Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp in 1609. When his wife Catherine died in 1687, he travelled to Genoa with pupil Matthieu van Plattenberg and worked for Cornelis de Wael, a resident marine artist in Genoa. When he returned to Antwerp, he remarried and settled into a fruitful career. His works sold as far as Spain, establishing him as the first Flemish marine artist. |
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