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Salomon van Ruysdael was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. He was the uncle of Jacob van Ruysdael.
Salomon van Ruysdael was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. He was the uncle of Jacob van Ruysdael.
Simon de Vlieger was a maritime painter of the Golden Age of Dutch painting. He is best known for his paintings depicting the naval fleet of the Republic of the United Provinces of Holland. He painted ships in port, on the high seas, during storms, or shipwreck scenes. Flieger also made tapestries, engravings, and stained-glass windows for the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam.
Ludolf Bakhuizen was a Dutch painter of the 17th and early 18th centuries. He is known as an outstanding master of seascapes. Bakhuizen also painted biblical themes and portraits of his contemporaries as well as engravings and miniature models of ships.
Ludolf Bakhuizen is considered one of the best marine painters of the Golden Age of Dutch painting. Among the admirers of his work were many influential European rulers, including the Russian Tsar Peter the Great. The master met Peter I, who visited Amsterdam in the mid-1690s and, according to contemporaries, even managed to give some painting lessons to the Russian tsar. In addition, Вakhuizen made models of all kinds of ship designs on commission from Peter the Great.
Toward the end of his life, the Amsterdam authorities honored Bakhuizen by opening his own gallery on the top floor of the City Hall for his achievements in the fine arts. The best masterpieces of his work are now preserved in museums in the Netherlands, Germany, England, France, and Italy.
Nicholas Condy was an English painter.