Famous Dutch Painters from Dordrecht, Ancient Capital of Holland

Part 24

57. Abraham Teerlink
58. Cornelis Vermeulen
59.Andries Vermeulen

Dordrecht is not only known as the oldest city and ancient capital of Holland but also for the many famous painters who were born or lived in Dordrecht during the late Middle ages and later centuries.

The most famous painters from Dordrecht were :

Abraham Bloemaert, Ferdinand Bol, Abraham van Calreat, Albaert, Benjamin Gerritz and Jacob Gerritz CUYP, Pietsser Fontijn, Aert de Gelder, Samuel van Hoogstraten, Arnold Houbraken, Willem de Klerk, Frans Lebret, Jacobus Leveck, Nicolaes Maes, Ary Scheffer, Aert and Martinus Schouman, Abraham van Strij, Jan Veth and many, many others.

On the next pages you can find many works from these famous painters who were responsible for many styles of paintings and they immortalized the daily life and landscapes in the 15th to 19th century. Most of their masterpieces are nowadays part of collections in museums all over the world and of which many can be seen in the local Dordrechts Museum.

Abraham Teerlink

Dordrecht 1776 - Rome 1857

Teerlink, although born a Dutchman, his work was of French style. In the late eighteenth early nineteenth century, the low lands subject to the French government. Many young Dutch artists departure to France for their artistic training. Also Teerlink went to France with two landscape painters. Later he would be a student of Arie Lamme, the grandfather of Ary Scheffer. In 1806 he worked in the studio of Jacques Louis David, one of the most important artists of that time. A year later he received a scholarship to study in Rome where he for the rest of his life will continue to live. He plays the role of friend and host for a new generation of Dutch painters to the wonders of Italy shows. In his work is clear to see the influence of David and Valenciennes. He gives more preference to naturalism than to the romantic ideal. He remains a respected and popular teacher, but at the end of his life his work is considered as old-fashioned.

View of a quarry at Belleville Teerlink, Abraham Oil on canvas 96 x 130,5 cm Dordrechts museum

Italia coastal landscape Teerlink, Abraham Paper 36,7 x 49,9 cm Dordrechts museum

Snowstorm Teerlink, Abraham 1803 Pencil and brush 22,1 x 31,4 cm Dordrechts museum

Roman Landscape Abraham Teerlink Oil on canvas 101 x 141 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

River Landscape with cattle in emerging Sun Abraham Teerlink 1803 Pen in brown, brush in brown and watercolor, pencil 35.4 x 46.9 cm Teylers Museum, Haarlem

By the koek-en-zopie Abraham Teerlink, 1806 Pencil, ink and watercolor on paper 42 x 57 cm Private collection

An Italianate river landscape with travelers on a track Abraham Teerlink Oil on panel 37.5 x 50.2 cm Private collection

View on the waterfall of Marmore Abraham Teerlink Oil on canvas 55 x 67.5 cm Private collection

Fishermen by a Bridge over a Ditch, cows and a horseman on a rise nearby on the old mount Abraham Teerlink Black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolor, grey ink framing lines 23,4 x 34,4 cm Private collection

A figure on a bridge by a house, a tree in the foreground Abraham Teerlink, 1801 Pencil, pen and brown and grey ink, grey wash, watermark, black ink framing lines 20,1 x 25,1 cm Private collection

An Italianate landscape with travelers and peasants on a mountain track, others praying in front of a chapel beyond Abraham Teerlink, 1815 Oil on canvas 75.4 x 100.9 cm Private collection

In the Roman Campagna Abraham Teerlink, 1840 Oil on canvas 43 x 57 cm Private collection

Buffaloes in the Roman Campagna at sunset with cattle, shepherds and travelers by a ruined wall beyond Abraham Teerlink Oil on canvas 75 x 100 cm Private collection

Herdsmen watering their cattle by a wooded road Abraham Teerlink Pen and brown ink, watercolour, framed 51,5 x 42,4 cm Private collection

A view of cava dei Tirreni near Salerno, Italy Abraham Teerlink Oil on canvas 56 x 78 cm Private collection

Cornelis Vermeulen

Dordrecht 1732 - Dordrecht 1813

Painter and dealer in Dordrecht, Cornelis Vermeulen was known for his copies from the Dutch painters of the seventeenth century. It copies and Cuyp, Verschuir, van de Velde, Dujardin, Steen, van Ostade, Wouwerman, Miers, Lingelbach, Schouwman. More than two hundred paintings were included in the sale of his collection in Dordrecht, on 6 April 1813. Today we know that his evil reappears gradually. A pair of landscapes is preserved in Karlsruhe, one in Cambridge and a landscape like Isaac van Ostade in the Dordrechts Museum.

Peasants and cattle in an Italianate landscape Cornelis Vermeulen Oil on canvas 47.3 x 64.5 cm

The distribution of hay in winter Cornelis Vermeulen Oil on panel 20,1 x 25,5 cm Private collection

A vanitas still life of a skull, a guttering candle, a tortoiseshell mirror, a book, a statue and a pack of cards Cornelis Vermeulen (after François Duquesnoy, 1688) Oil on canvas 58.4 x 47.3 cm Private collection

Width riverscape with horsemen, and flock Cornelis Vermeulen Oil on panel 24 x 30 cm Private collection

Andries Vermeulen

Dordrecht 1763 - Dordrecht 1814

Andries Vermeulen was born in Dordrecht on 23 March 1763. He was trained by his father Cornelis, himself a landscape painter and art dealer who is mainly known for his copies after famous masters. Andries specialized in landscapes after seventeenth-century Dutch models. He originally painted landscapes in the manner of Meindert Hobbema, but later preferred to paint ice scenes that resemble the work of Isack van Ostade in style, for which he is chiefly known. He also created marine paintings and summer landscapes, and made drawings after Albert Cuyp. He worked for some time in Amsterdam, where he died on 6 July 1814.

Winter Scene with Skaters Attributed to Andries Vermeulen, previous attributions to his father Cornelis Vermeulen c. 1783 Oil on panel 16 x 22 cm Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum(Warwick District Council)   The work is clearly inspired by Dutch winter landscapes of the seventeenth century, although the costumes worn by the figures here are clearly those of a later period. The painting has a slightly naive charm, but there is a certain flatness, and the reflections of the skaters on the ice is rather unconvincing. The attribution to Andries Vermeulen is not wholly beyond doubt.

A Scene on the Ice Andries Vermeulen, c. 1800 Oil on panel 39.8 x 49 cm The National Gallery, London   Vermeulen's landscapes are based upon 17th-century precedents. This type of composition is based on the work of Isack van Ostade, for example his 'Winter Scene' in the National Gallery's Collection. A similar work by the artist (Frankfurt, Städelsches Kunstinstitut) is signed and dated 1800.

Sleigh riding on the ice Andries Vermeulen Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam   Winterlandschap met een arrenslee en schaatsers op het ijs.

A Winter Scene In Holland Andries Vermeulen Oil on cradled panel 53.3 x 71.1 cm Private collection

The Vegetable Market At Night Andries Vermeulen Oil on panel 70 x 52.7 cm Public collection

A winter landscape with figures skating on a frozen river Andries Vermeulen Oil on canvas 48.2 x 65 cm Private collection

A winter landscape with figures skating on a frozen river Andries Vermeulen Oil on canvas 48.5 x 67.4 cm Private collection

A winter landscape with figures skating on a frozen lake Andries Vermeulen Oil on canvas 47 x 56.2 cm Private collection

A winter landscape with skaters and a cart on a frozen river near a village Andries Vermeulen Oil on canvas 67.5 x 84.5 cm Private collection

A Winter Landscape with a horse-drawn Sledge on a frozen River and Villagers warming themselves near a Fire before a Windmill Andries Vermeulen, 1798 Oil on canvas 86.4 x 111 cm Private collection

A winter landscape with skaters on a frozen river Andries Vermeulen Oil on canvas 40.6 x 53.6 cm Private collection

An extensive landscape with herdsmen by a stream Andries Vermeulen Black chalk, watercolor, pen and brown ink framing lines 22,9 x 33,4 cm Private collection

A forest landscape with travelers resting by a house with a pond Andries Vermeulen Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, black chalk framing lines 27,9 x 41,9 cm Private collection

A winter landscape with skaters on frozen water and travelers on a bridge, a village with a watermill nearby Andries Vermeulen Oil on canvas 70.5 x 92.9 cm Private collection

Shepherds with their flocks in an extensive landscape Andries Vermeulen Oil on panel 48.2 x 63.5 cm Private collection

A winter landscape with skaters on a frozen canal, a house with a watermill nearby Andries Vermeulen Oil on canvas 105.9 x 100 cm Private collection

A frozen river with townsfolk skating and sledging Andries Vermeulen Oil on panel 26 x 35 cm Private collection

Skating party Andries Vermeulen Oil on panel 36,7 x 50,8 cm Private collection

Frozen River with Townsfolk skating and sledging at Sunset Andries Vermeulen, 1795 Oil on panel 27.5 x 35.5 cm Private collection

Winter landscape with a frost fair and figures skating upon a frozen river Andries Vermeulen Oil on Panel 41 x 70 cm Private collection

Winter landscape with skaters Andries Vermeulen Oil on Panel 30 x 45.7 cm Private collection

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