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Abraham Willaerts

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20: 153: 69: 287: 130:, an association of mainly Dutch and Flemish artists working in Rome. It was customary for the Bentvueghels to adopt an appealing nickname, the so-called 'bent name'. Abraham Willaerts was reportedly given the bent name 'Indian'. This nickname was likely given him because of his travels among the Brazilian tribes. He probably travelled further south to 88:. In 1641 the Count sent him with the Dutch fleet from Brazil to Angola (where the Dutch had just taken São Paulo de Loanda and the island of Tomé) on a mission to observe the customs and manners of the indigenous people. Among the paintings he produced were portraits of King 181: 170:, Haarlem). He preferred compositions with an atmospheric softness. In addition to Dutch harbour and coastal scenes, he also painted Mediterranean harbour views (real and imaginary), such as the Harbour of Naples ( 177:
Willaerts painted a series of portraits, both of single figures (several were admirals) and family groups. He also added portraits in the foreground of some of his father's harbour scenes.
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then allied with the Dutch against the Portuguese. Willaerts was also probably responsible for the content, if not the execution of the illustrations of Central Africa that appear in
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in 1624. He travelled to Paris in 1628 where he worked in the workshop of the prominent religious and history painter
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Margarita Russell. "Willaerts." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 2 May. 2016
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painter, mostly of marine and harbor scenes. He also painted a number of single and family portraits.
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He had returned to the Netherlands in 1644, where he stayed with the prominent architect and painter
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Willaerts also collaborated with the still life painter Willem Ormea on a
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His marine paintings closely follow those of his father as is seen in his
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which combines a seascape with a still life of fish in the foreground.
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Although mainly a marine painter, Willaerts also painted portraits.
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On 1637 or 1638 Willaerts sailed to Brazil serving in the
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Baroque
Utrecht
Adam Willaerts
Utrecht Caravaggist
Jan van Bijlert
Guild of Saint Luke
Simon Vouet

entourage
Count John Maurice of Nassau-Siegen
Brazil
Garcia II of Kongo
Njinga
Ndongo
Matamba
Olfert Dapper
Description of Africa (1668 book)
Jacob van Campen
Rome
Bentvueghels
Naples
Isaac

Ships near a rocky shore
Frans Hals Museum
National Maritime Museum
Fish still life with stormy sea

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