Art, literature & historyJan Porcellis
1583–1632
Selected artwork
Fishing Boats in Choppy Waters
c. 1630
Rijksmuseum
Other names (82)
A. Persellus, Borselus, den Oude Persellus, de oude Percelles, d'oude Percellis, Giovanni Parcellis, I. Percellis, Jan I Parcellis, Jan I Parselles, Jan I Percelles, Jan I Perselles, Jan, I Porcellis, Jann Parcellis, Jan Parcelles, Jan Parcellis, Jan Parcellus, Jan Parselles, Jan Percelles, Jan Percellis, Jan Percellis de Oude, Jan Percellis d'Oude, Jan Percellus, Jan Persellen, Jan Perselles, Jan Persellis, Jan Persellus, Jan Persilen, Jan Persolls, Jan Porcelles, jan porcellis I, Jan Porcellus, Jan Porselles, Jan Porsellis, Jan Porzellis, Jan Purcelles, Jean Parselle, Jean Percelles, Jean Perelle, Jean Persellis, Johannes Porcellis, Johann Parcellis, joh. porselles, J. Parcelles, J. Parcellis, J. Percelles, J. Percellus, Old Percellus, Parçeles, Parcelles, Parcellis, Parcellus, Parselles, Parsellis, Parsellus, Percelies, Perceljes, Percelles, Percellis, Percellus, Percillis, Persellen, Perselles, Persellien, Persellis, Persellus, Persilen, Persollis, Persolls, Porcelis, Porcellis, Porcellus, Porsel, Porsele, Porselles, Porsellis, Porselous, Purcelles, Purcelli, Purcellis, Purcellus, T. Parcelles, Versellus
Biography
Jan Porcellis (1580/84 Ghent – 29 January 1632 Zoeterwoude) was a Dutch marine artist in the seventeenth century. His works initiated a "decisive transition from early realism to the tonal phase", fostering a new style and subject in marine painting by focusing on overcast skies and rough waters, a radical break from maritime art's previous focus on the grandeur of ships in historical settings. This style of greater simplicity surrounding maritime art, with the majority of the canvas displaying sea and sky, set the grounds for later works in this genre.
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Documented holdings of works attributed to Jan Porcellis. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- musée de la Chartreuse — Douai1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Bordeaux1 recorded work
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen1 recorded work
- Rijksmuseum1 recorded work