Egbert van der Poel

The field of work recorded is painting. The authority associates the name with Dutch Golden Age painting. Esaias van de Velde is recorded as an influence. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rotterdam and Delft. Works named in the authority record are Fishing Boats on the Beach at Night, Portal of a stairway tower, with a man descending the stairs: presumably the moment before the assassination of William the Silent in the Ptinsenhof, Delft and Interior of a barn. Work by Egbert van der Poel is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Finnish National Gallery, Nationalmuseum and Städel Museum.

• Name — Egbert van der Poel • Born — 9 March 1621 • Birthplace — Delft, Dutch Republic • Died — 19 July 1664 • Place of death — Rotterdam, Dutch Republic • Known for — Painting • Movement — Dutch Golden Age painting

Van der Poel was born in Delft, the son of a goldsmith, and may have been a student of Esaias van de Velde and of Aert van der Neer. According to the RKD he was the brother of the painter Adriaen Lievensz van der Poel and a student of Cornelis Saftleven in Rotterdam. Van der Poel was registered with the Guild of St Luke in Delft on 17 October 1650, where he is listed as a landscape painter. In 1651 van der Poel married Aeltgen Willems van Linschooten in Maassluis, near Rotterdam. His most famous paintings depict the Delft gunpowder explosion of 12 October 1654 and its aftermath; he and his wife were living in the area at the time. Egbert and Aeltgen van der Poel had a son and three daughters. He died in Rotterdam in 1664.

Works recorded as notable number 3: Fishing Boats on the Beach at Night, Portal of a stairway tower, with a man descending the stairs: presumably the moment before the assassination of William the Silent in the Ptinsenhof, Delft and Interior of a barn.

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