Gaspar van Eyck

[2] He was registered at Antwerp's Guild of Saint Luke as a pupil of the prominent marine painter Andries van Eertvelt under whom he started to study in 1625.

[4] He traveled in 1632 to Genoa, where he collaborated with the Flemish painter and art dealer Cornelis de Wael.

[1] De Wael and his brother Lucas had established a workshop in Genoa in 1628 which had become the centre of the colony of Flemish artists who resided in or passed through the city.

He is believed to have suffered from mental illness and his brother Hendrick, who was a clergyman, was his guardian after the death of their parents.

Van Eyck worked closely with Giovanni di Filippo del Campo, who added the figures to his marines.

In these three canvases he shows his knowledge of southern European painting, both in the Italianization of some details and in certain loans from the work of Claude Lorrain and hints of the Battle of Ostia by Raphael.