Jacob Adriaensz Bellevois

Jacob Adriaensz Bellevois (1621, Rotterdam – 1676, Rotterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Jacob Adriaensz. Bellevois: Dutch ships at the Vlissingen coast

Biography

According to Houbraken he was a seascape painter in Hamburg and met Johannes Voorhout while he was there.[1]

According to the RKD he was in Gouda from 1661–1666, in Hamburg in 1673, and then returned to Rotterdam. He was a follower of Jan Porcellis and specialized in seascapes.[2]

  • Ships at Sea, oil on panel. The Walters Art Museum.
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References
  1. (in Dutch) Jacob Adriaensz Bellevois Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. Jacob Adriaensz Bellevois in the RKD
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