Cornelis Isaacz. Verbeeck (circa 1590 - 1637), Dutch Shipping Near The Beach

Cornelis Isaacz. Verbeeck
Dutch painter
Probably born in Amsterdam (or Haarlem) circa 1590
Died in November 1637 or shortly after in Haarlem
Dutch shipping near the beach
Oil on panel : 44,0 X 88,9 cm
Unsigned
Frame : 55,9 X 101,0 cm

Holland was during the major part of the 17^th century the rising star of Europe: a commercial, financial and colonial power that had freed itself from Spanish dominion. The Dutch East Indies Company, created already in 1602, was the world’s first mega-corporation and it possessed quasi-governmental powers. The huge Dutch herring fishing fleet and Holland’s numerous commercial ships generated so much money that it had to come to a conflict with that other power at sea, the British, during the third quarter of the 17^th century.

Verbeeck takes an important place among the early Dutch marine painters, following closely its first generation (Hendrick Vroom, Cornelis van Wieringen, Aert Anthonisz., Jan Porcellis, Abraham de Verwer and Adam Willaerts).

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