A V.O.C. merchant ship in the roads of Dordrecht with numerous figures on a quay
Oil on canvas | 88 x 125 cm | Signed: Jan H.B. Koekkoek
Johannes Hermanus Barend Koekkoek is a famous Dutch artist. He was the third son of the marine painter Hermanus Koekkoek Sr, brother of Willem Koekkoek, and nephew of Barend Cornelis Koekkoek. His grandfather was the painter Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek. Koekkoek started painting in the romantic tradition of his father. In the early sea and river scenes his father’s influence is clearly visible in the careful painting style and fine detailing. Later he was influenced by the The Hague School and he painted beach and sea views in a freer manner.
Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek is considered the founding father of the well-known Koekkoek painting dynasty. He was born in 1778 in Zeeland at Veere. He trained at the classical oriented Drawing Academy of Middelburg while working at the wallpaper factory of Thomas Gaal. He then specialised in painting elaborately worked-out townscapes with water, and seascapes in particular. He was among the first artists of the early 19th century to be inspired by the marine painters of the Dutch Golden Age. His paintings reveal that he had a great understanding of the different types of ships that navigated Zeeland’s open waterways at the time. He died in 1851 in Amsterdam.
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