Simon de Vlieger
1601–1653

Selected artwork
Sleeping Peasants near Fields (Parable of the Weeds)
1650–53
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Biography
Simon de Vlieger (c. 1601 – buried 13 March 1653) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and designer of tapestries, etchings, stained glass windows. While he is mainly known for his marine paintings, he also painted beach scenes, landscapes and genre scenes.
He was likely born in Rotterdam as the son of Jacob Pietersz van Zwet Bolleweck (died ca. 1634) and Lysbeth Wouters. His sister Neeltje de Vlieger also became a painter, specializing in still lifes. It is not known with whom Simon De Vlieger trained. (He and his sister both adopted 'De Vlieger' (The Flyer) as a professional or artist's surname. It was common in this period for artists and writers to do so, to try to stand out in competitive fields.)
He married in Rotterdam on 10 January 1627 to Anna Gerrits van Willige (died 1647). The couple had a daughter Cornelia, who later married the painter Paulus van Hillegaert II. De Vlieger and his young family moved in 1634 to Delft, where he is recorded renting the house 'De Kranenburch' from 1 May 1634 for the duration of a year. A year later he moved to the house called 'De Houttuyn'. He joined the Guild of Saint Luke of Delft.
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- The Cleveland Museum of Art2 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago1 recorded work
- MuMa - Musée d’art moderne André Malraux1 recorded work
- musée de la Chartreuse — Douai1 recorded work
- musée de Picardie — Amiens1 recorded work
- musée des Beaux-Arts — Nantes1 recorded work
- musée des Beaux-Arts — Strasbourg1 recorded work
- Museo Nacional del Prado1 recorded work
- National Gallery of Art1 recorded work
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art1 recorded work
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