• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• Vroom was born in Haarlem.
• Vroom recorded important engagements of the Dutch and English fleets in his oil paintings, giving a detailed portrayal of ships.
• Most of the pieces described by Van Mander are lost, and his greatest commissions were obtained after
Van Mander's death.
• Vroom's large and decorative battles, ceremonial scenes and beach views introduced novel compositional devices to be taken up by younger Dutch marinists.
• The Haarlem marine painters Hans Goderis, Cornelis Verbeeck and Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen were all directly influenced by him.
• He became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke and his pupils included Aert Anthonisz, Nicolaes de Kemp,
Jan Porcellis, and his sons Cornelis Hendriksz Vroom and Frederik Hendricksz Vroom.
Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom, View of Haarlem from the Noorden Buiten Spaarne, c. 1625
Original, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem. Visited in 2018.
Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom, View of Haarlem from the Noorden Buiten Spaarne, c. 1625
Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom, The Arrival of Frederik V from the Palts and Elisabeth Stuart at Flushing in may 1613, 1623
Original, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem. Visited in 2018.
Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom, The Arrival of Frederik V from the Palts and Elisabeth Stuart at Flushing in may 1613, 1623
Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom, The Return to Amsterdam of the Second Expedition to the East Indies, 1599
Original, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.
Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom, The Return to Amsterdam of the Second Expedition to the East Indies, 1599
Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom, Ships off Amsterdam, 1630
Original, Alte Pinakothek, Munich. Visited in 2019.
