Reinier Nooms
Amsterdam Harbor Scene
The naval battle near Livorno
The Caulking of Ships at the Bothuisje on the IJ in Amsterdam
View of Salee. Morocco
Dutch Ships Awaiting Repair on the Ij at Amsterdam
The Prinsengracht and the Noorderkerk at Amsterdam
Before the Battle of the Downs, 21 October 1639, Showing Tromp’s Flagship ‘Amelia’.
The Noordermarkt and the Noorderkerk
Shipping on the IJ by Amsterdam
A View of the Amsterdam Harbor
Port View With Two Flute Ships
View of Algiers with the Ruyters ship 'Love', 1662
The Louvre and the Hôtel de Bourbon, seen from the left bank
The Paerrel a East-Indian Vaerder, The Doubles Arent a West-Indian Vaerder
A Battle of the First Dutch War, 1652-54
The Entrance Gate of St. Bernard in Paris
The Garden of M. de Nue Outside of the Suburb of S. Marceau near Paris
View of the Louvre and the Tuileries, from Views of Paris and Neighborhoods
An Amsterdam ship in a bay on the Mediterranean
Two boats from different regions, Gelderland and Friesland
River facade of the Louvre in 1656
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The naval battle near Livorno
Reinier Nooms (c. 1623 – 1664), also known as Zeeman (Dutch for "sailor"), was a maritime painter known for his highly detailed paintings and etchings of ships.
Nooms was probably born and died in Amsterdam. He started painting and drawing in his later years, following a rough, drunken life as a sailor. It is not known how he acquired his skill as an artist. His knowledge of ships is evident from his work: ships and foreign locations are depicted with high accuracy and in great detail, and served as an example to other artists of how to depict ships.
A widely traveled artist, Nooms visited Paris, Venice and possibly Berlin, and also journeyed along the coast of North Africa.
A favourite subject of his paintings were the Dutch victories in the Anglo-Dutch Wars. For instance, he painted the Amalia, the flagship of admiral Maarten Tromp, before the Battle of the Downs in 1639. This painting now hangs in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, UK. His painting of the Battle of Leghorn in 1653 is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
In the 1650s, Nooms made a series of etchings of ships and topographical views characterized by a high degree of detail and precision. These etchings served as an example to many artists. The 19th century French etcher Charles Méryon was highly influenced by Nooms, whose etchings of Paris cityscapes inspired Méryon to his own series of Paris etchings. Méryon even dedicated some of this work to Nooms in poetic form.
One of Nooms' final works, from 1664, shows a view of the Amsterdam harbour, with the IJ bay and the naval depot's Lands Zeemagazijn, now the home of the Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum (Netherlands Maritime Museum). Appropriately, this work now hangs the Netherlands Maritime Museum.
External links
Maritime Art Greenwhich
Artcyclopedia
Rijksmuseum
Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish Etchings,Engravings and Woodcuts 1450-1700 - Reinier Zeeman, parts I and II
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