# BACKHUYSEN, Ludolf [View the canonical artist record]() ## Artist - Lifespan: 1630–1708 - Profession: painter - School: Dutch ## Biography Dutch marine painter, active mainly in Amsterdam. After the van de Veldes moved to England in 1672, Backhuysen became the most popular marine painter in Holland. He captures the drama and movement of ships, but seldom achieves the poetic effects of either van de Velde the Younger or Jan van de Capelle. ## Related artworks - [A Fishing Pink]() - [Dutch Coastal Vessels]() - [Dutch Vessels off a Coastline on a Breezy Day]() - [Dutch Vessels on the Sea at Amsterdam]() - [Fishing Boats and Coasting Vessel in Rough Weather]() - [Shipping by the Dutch Coast]() - [Ships in a Stiff Breeze]() - [Ships in Distress in a Raging Storm]() - [Ships in Distress off a Rocky Coast]() - [Ships on the Zuiderzee before the Fort of Naarden]() - [Ships Running Aground in a Storm]() - [Small Dutch Vessels]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()