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1631 Haarlem, Holland - after 1681. Known for: Landscape painting.
Not much is known about the exact dates of Roelof van Vries' life. What is certain is that he celebrated some success with his landscapes in Haarlem in the tradition of Jacob van Ruisdael and that at... Read full biography
Not much is known about the exact dates of Roelof van Vries' life. What is certain is that he celebrated some success with his landscapes in Haarlem in the tradition of Jacob van Ruisdael and that at his wedding in 1659 his best man was no less than Frans Hals' son Reynier and his wife. Egbert van... Read full biography
Not much is known about the exact dates of Roelof van Vries' life. What is certain is that he celebrated some success with his landscapes in Haarlem in the tradition of Jacob van Ruisdael and that at his wedding in 1659 his best man was no less than Frans Hals' son Reynier and his wife. Egbert van Heemskerck and Aert van der Neer were also among his friends. In parts he also oriented himself towards Hobbema, Wynants and Wouwerman, but Jacob van Ruisdael remained his great role model, to whom he... Read full biography
Not much is known about the exact dates of Roelof van Vries' life. What is certain is that he celebrated some success with his landscapes in Haarlem in the tradition of Jacob van Ruisdael and that at his wedding in 1659 his best man was no less than Frans Hals' son Reynier and his wife. Egbert van Heemskerck and Aert van der Neer were also among his friends. In parts he also oriented himself towards Hobbema, Wynants and Wouwerman, but Jacob van Ruisdael remained his great role model, to whom he came so close in his style in some works that his works were often ascribed to Ruisdael himself
Not much is known about the exact dates of Roelof van Vries' life. What is certain is that he celebrated some success with his landscapes in Haarlem in the tradition of Jacob van Ruisdael and that at his wedding in 1659 his best man was no less than Frans Hals' son Reynier and his wife. Egbert van Heemskerck and Aert van der Neer were also among his friends. In parts he also oriented himself towards Hobbema, Wynants and Wouwerman, but Jacob van Ruisdael remained his great role model, to whom he came so close in his style in some works that his works were often ascribed to Ruisdael himself
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Not much is known about the exact dates of Roelof van Vries' life. What is certain is that he celebrated some success with his landscapes in Haarlem in the tradition of Jacob van Ruisdael and that at his wedding in 1659 his best man was no less than Frans Hals' son Reynier and his wife.
Egbert van Heemskerck and Aert van der Neer were also among his friends. In parts he also oriented himself towards Hobbema, Wynants and Wouwerman, but Jacob van Ruisdael remained his great role model, to whom he came so close in his style in some works that his works were often ascribed to Ruisdael himself