Gaspar van Eyck
Flemish painter (1613-1674)
Gaspar or Casper van Eyck (baptized 6 February 1613; died before December 1674) was a Flemish painter of marine subjects and sea-fights. He worked in Antwerp and spent some time working in Genoa and Madrid.
Life
Van Eyck was born in Antwerp as the son of the tailor Nicolaas van Eyck, originally from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, and Joanna Ros. He was baptized on 6 February 1613. He had a sister and three brothers, of whom Nicolaas became a painter of equestrian and battle scenes, landscapes and portraits. He was the uncle of the landscape painter Jan Carel van Eyck.
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. Van Eyck became a master in the Guild of St. Luke in the guild year 1632–1633.
He traveled in 1632 to Genoa, where he collaborated with the Flemish painter and art dealer Cornelis de Wael.
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