Cornelis Symonsz. van der Schalcke was born, worked and died in Haarlem. There are few surviving works, and these are almost all landscapes. His later pictures such as 'An Extensive River Landscape' suggest that he knew the work of Philips Koninck.
Cornelis van der Schalcke
1611 - 1671
Paintings by Cornelis van der Schalcke
In seventeenth-century Holland, artists and viewers alike were fascinated by the Dutch landscape. Pictures of it take many forms – from the down-to-earth farmstead to the softly glowing views inspired by the Italian landscape – but because of the flat terrain, many convey the sense of vast space...
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