Hendrik van Minderhout

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Hendrik van Minderhout (Rotterdam, 1632–Antwerp, 22 July 1696) was a Dutch-born painter of seascapes who was primarily active in the Southern Netherlands cities of Bruges and Antwerp. He arrived in Bruges in 1652, and in 1663 he joined the city's Guild of St. Luke. Subsequently, from 1672 until his death in 1696 Minderhout lived in Antwerp. His paintings, which are mostly large views of seas and harbours, often depict fantastic foreign places with classical ornamentation, with one such painting being the one submitted for admittance in Antwerp's guild the year he arrived there. His later work is comparable to the Dutch seascape painter Willem van de Velde the Younger.

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• Hans Vlieghe (1998). Flemish Art and Architecture, 1585-1700. Pelican History of Art. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300070381
• Trudy van Zadelhoff, "Minderhout, Hendrik van," Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press, [accessed November 11, 2007].