Andries van Eertvelt

[3] Van Eertvelt is documented in Genoa from 1628 to 1630, where he lived with his compatriot Cornelis de Wael, who also practiced marine art, in particular the depiction of sea battles.

Cornelis de Wael was a long-term resident of Genoa and arranged work for van Eervelt during his stay there.

[2] Van Eertvelt had a very successful career as a marine artists and some of his works were exported to markets in Spain and Portugal.

[5] He was remembered as a "son of the seas" by the Flemish 17th century biographer Cornelis de Bie.

[2] He was possibly also the teacher of the leading Flemish marine painter Bonaventura Peeters (I) and of Sebastian Castro.

[9] In his early paintings, van Eertvelt adopted a bright, mannerist style and his palette was characterized by greenish-black and brown tones.

He then favoured views of southern harbours, with calm seas painted in soft tones.

The current whereabouts of an etching by his hand, depicting the frozen river Scheldt in 1621 and another of the fort 'Vlaams Hoofd' in Antwerp mentioned in reports are not known.