Simon de Vlieger. Simon de Vlieger 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 and Lysbeth Wouters.
His sister Neeltje de Vlieger became a still life painter. It is not known with whom he trained.
He married in Rotterdam on 10 January 1627 to Anna Gerrits van Willige. The couple had a daughter Cornelia, who married the painter Paulus van Hillegaert II. De Vlieger moved in 1634 to Delft, where he is recorded renting a 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. He then moved to Amsterdam in 1638. Here he worked until 1642 on a commission to paint decorations for the reception of Queen Maria de' Medici. He made around 1640 in Arnhem a drawing of the Rijnpoort and was some time in the period 1642 to 1643 in Kleef where he made a drawing of the Rhine. He was active in Rotterdam intermittently from 1642 to 1644 where he worked on the organ shutters of the St Laurens church. All this time he maintained a residence in Amsterdam of which he had become a citizen on 5 January 1643. He moved to Weesp, a small town on the outskirts of Amsterdam in 1650 wh
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 and Lysbeth Wouters.
His sister Neeltje de Vlieger became a still life painter. It is not known with whom he trained.
He married in Rotterdam on 10 January 1627 to Anna Gerrits van Willige. The couple had a daughter Cornelia, who married the painter Paulus van Hillegaert II. De Vlieger moved in 1634 to Delft, where he is recorded renting a 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. He then moved to Amsterdam in 1638. Here he worked until 1642 on a commission to paint decorations for the reception of Queen Maria de' Medici. He made around 1640 in Arnhem a drawing of the Rijnpoort and was some time in the period 1642 to 1643 in Kleef where he made a drawing of the Rhine. He was active in Rotterdam intermittently from 1642 to 1644 where he worked on the organ shutters of the St Laurens church. All this time he maintained a residence in Amsterdam of which he had become a citizen on 5 January 1643. He moved to Weesp, a small town on the outskirts of Amsterdam in 1650 wh
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