DOI chapter:
Scholars and Imitators of Ludolph Backhuyzen
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SCHOLARS & IMITATORS OF BACKHUYZEN. 4.57
master’s. His talents procured him the most ssattering encou-
ragement from the court at Berlin, and also that os several
distinguished amateurs in Germany. A capital picture by his
hand, representing a storm, is in the Musee at Berlin.
He was born at Amsterdam in 1659, and died in 1709.
John Dubbels. So little is known of the history of
this excellent artist, that writers have sometimes inadver-
tently described him as the scholar, and at other times as
the master, of Backhuyzen. As this discrepancy cannot now
be satisfactorily explained, and is in fact of little importance
in this place, the near approximation of his works to those
of Backhuyzen is a sufficient reason for the introduction
of his name in this list. The best productions of Dubbels
usually represent sea shores, in which he painted with
astonishing illusion the ebb and ssow of the tide on the sands.
A capital example of this class was sold in Cranford's sale, by
Mr. Christie, in 1806, for 240 gs. It was subsequently pur-
chased by the Writer, and is now in the collection of De Heer
Vander Hoop, at Amsterdam. His more open sea views, and
storms, are frequently ascribed to the name of Backhuyzen.
He is supposed to have died soon after 1720.
Peter Coopse. Pictures bearing this painter’s name upon
them have frequently come under the observation of the
Writer, and in every instance they were sufficiently like the
works of Backhuyzen to induce a belief that he was a scholar
of that master. There is a capital one by his hand in the
Munich Gallery, upon which may be discovered the name,
although, in the catalogue of that collection, it is attributed to
Backhuyzen.
William Vitringa. Like the two preceding painters,
little more is known of his history than that he has the repu-
tation of having been a scholar of Backhuyzen, to whose
master’s. His talents procured him the most ssattering encou-
ragement from the court at Berlin, and also that os several
distinguished amateurs in Germany. A capital picture by his
hand, representing a storm, is in the Musee at Berlin.
He was born at Amsterdam in 1659, and died in 1709.
John Dubbels. So little is known of the history of
this excellent artist, that writers have sometimes inadver-
tently described him as the scholar, and at other times as
the master, of Backhuyzen. As this discrepancy cannot now
be satisfactorily explained, and is in fact of little importance
in this place, the near approximation of his works to those
of Backhuyzen is a sufficient reason for the introduction
of his name in this list. The best productions of Dubbels
usually represent sea shores, in which he painted with
astonishing illusion the ebb and ssow of the tide on the sands.
A capital example of this class was sold in Cranford's sale, by
Mr. Christie, in 1806, for 240 gs. It was subsequently pur-
chased by the Writer, and is now in the collection of De Heer
Vander Hoop, at Amsterdam. His more open sea views, and
storms, are frequently ascribed to the name of Backhuyzen.
He is supposed to have died soon after 1720.
Peter Coopse. Pictures bearing this painter’s name upon
them have frequently come under the observation of the
Writer, and in every instance they were sufficiently like the
works of Backhuyzen to induce a belief that he was a scholar
of that master. There is a capital one by his hand in the
Munich Gallery, upon which may be discovered the name,
although, in the catalogue of that collection, it is attributed to
Backhuyzen.
William Vitringa. Like the two preceding painters,
little more is known of his history than that he has the repu-
tation of having been a scholar of Backhuyzen, to whose