Adam Willaerts

Willaerts (occasionally Willarts, Willers) was born in London to Flemish parents who had fled from Antwerp for religious reasons. By 1585 the family lived in Leiden. From 1597 until his death, Adam lived and worked in Utrecht. He became a member of the Utrecht Guild of St. Luke in 1611 and subsequently became its dean in 1620. His sons Cornelis, Abraham, and Isaac followed in his footsteps. He was known as a painter of river and canal pieces, coastal landscapes, fish-markets, processions, and genre scenes. He also painted villages and marine battle scenes. His best known work is a contemporary depiction of the Pilgrims leaving Delftshaven aboard the Speedwell. His Allegory of the victory of the Dutch on the Spanish fleet in Gibraltar is in the Rijksmuseum. ==Gallery==

File:Het vertrek van de Pilgrims uit Delfshaven, 1620. A. Willaerts.jpg| The Pilgrims leaving Delfshaven, 1620. File:Måleri. Hamnbild. Skepp - Skoklosters slott - 88959.tif|Harbour scene, circa 1615. Image:De overwinning op de Spanjaarden bij Gibraltar door een vloot onder bevel van Jacob van Heemskerck, 25 april 1607 - Dutch victory in the battle of Gibraltar (Adam Willaerts, 1617).jpg|The defeat of the Spaniards at Gibraltar by a Dutch fleet under command of Admiral Jacob van Heemskerck, 1617. File:Willaerts Shipwrecked.jpg|Shipwrecked on a stormy sea, 1636 ==References==