Cornelis Snellinck

[3] Cornelis' father was the son of the prominent Flemish painter and art dealer Jan Snellinck the Elder, who was originally from Mechelen and worked most of his career in Antwerp.

[2] Cornelis Snellinck's career was entirely linked to Rotterdam and many of his compositions are believed to depict local landscapes.

[6] Cornelis Snellinck placed his landscapes on a low horizon line, so that the sky takes up the larger portion of the composition.

He used color schemes and light falling obliquely on an area of the canvas to achieve depth.

[5] Cornelis Snellinck painted a number of landscape scenes set at night.