Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom

Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom
Engraving of the artist, c. 1762.
Born	c. 1562 Haarlem, Holland, Spain
Died	c. 1640 (aged c. 78) Haarlem, Holland, The Netherlands
Occupation	Painter
Era	Dutch Golden Age
Children	Cornelis Vroom

Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom (c. 1562 – buried February 4, 1640) was a Dutch Golden Age painter credited with being the founder of Dutch marine art or seascape painting.^[1] Beginning with the "birds-eye" viewpoint of earlier Netherlandish marine art, his later works show a view from lower down, and more realistic depiction of the seas themselves. He is not to be confused with his son and pupil Cornelis Vroom.