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Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger

Also known as: Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger; primary name: Vlieger, Simon de; other name: de Fliger, Simon; other name: de Vlieger, Simon
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; Dutch; Male
Life dates: 1600-1653
Biography: Painter, etcher and draughtsman; mainly of landscapes and seascapes. Between 1627 and 1633 he was in Rotterdam, and then he settled in Delft between 1634 and 1638, where he became a member of the guild of St Luke in 1634. Since 1638 to 1648 he was in Amsterdam and between 1649 and 1653 in Weesp. Teacher of Willem van de Velde the younger. Father-in-law to Paulus van Hillegaert the Younger.
Bibliography: Dutuit VI; Hollstein. C.P. van Eeghen, 'Simon de Vlieger as a draughtsman, I: the pen drawings', in Master Drawings 44 (2006), pp.3-47; II: chalk drawings other than pure landscapes, in Master Drawings 49 (2011), pp.179-221.

91 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.549 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Drawn by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1616-1659

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.548 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Drawn by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1616-1659

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.559 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Drawn by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1616-1659

drawing

Museum number: 1895,1214.103 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Pieter BoutFormerly attributed to:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1673-1719

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.535 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Attributed to:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1616-1659

drawing

Museum number: 1863,0110.231 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Attributed to:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1616-1659

drawing

Museum number: 1874,0808.99 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Drawn by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1645

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.1340 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Drawn by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1616-1659

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.558 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Drawn by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1616-1659

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.805 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Drawn by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1616-1659

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.551 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Attributed to:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1616-1659

drawing

Museum number: Gg,2.284 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Drawn by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1616-1659

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.550 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Drawn by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1616-1659

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.557 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Drawn by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1616-1659

drawing; forgery

Museum number: 1846,0509.244 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Karel la FargueFormerly attributed to:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1753-1793

drawing; forgery

Museum number: 1895,0915.1341 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Karel la FargueManner/Style of:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1753-1793

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.556 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Drawn by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1616-1659

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.553 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Drawn by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1616-1659

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.552 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Attributed to:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1616-1659

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.554 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Drawn by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1616-1659

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0212.127 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jan van de CapelleFormerly attributed to:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1639-1679

drawing

Museum number: 1886,0706.8 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Drawn by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1642

print; book-illustration

Title: 'Ectypa' of Ploos van Amstel |
Museum number: 1856,0712.185 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis Ploos van AmstelAfter:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1759-1820

print

Museum number: 1875,0710.546 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 After:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1630-1680

print

Title: Animals |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.479 |
Producer name: Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de VliegerPublished by:Justus Danckertsz |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Title: Animals |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.475 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Title: Animals |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.478 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print; frontispiece

Title: Nieut Beest en Vogelboukje |
Museum number: 2AA+,a.49.2 |
Producer name: After:Simon Jacobsz. de VliegerPublished by:Joannes de Ram |
Production date: 1680

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.459 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.464 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.460 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Title: Animals |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.470 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Title: Galerie Leuchtenberg |
Museum number: 1851,1213.311 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nepomuk MuxelAfter:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1835-1840

print

Title: Animals |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.467 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Museum number: 1926,1105.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodor MathamAfter:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1640-1676

print

Museum number: 1983,U.402 |
Producer name: Print made by:Constantyn Daniël van RenesseFormerly attributed to:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1641-1680

print

Title: Animals |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.476 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.463 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Museum number: 1865,0610.41 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Title: Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands de Le Brun |
Museum number: 1851,0326.149 |
Producer name: After:Simon Jacobsz. de VliegerPrint made by:François Dequevauviller |
Production date: 1780-1785 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.800 |
Producer name: Print made by:Salomon SaveryAfter:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1638

print; book-illustration; extra-illustrated book

Museum number: 1874,0613.2567-2585 |
Producer name: Published by:Joan BlaeuPrint made by:Pieter Nolpe |
Production date: 1638 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: Witte Cornelisz de With, Vice Admirael van Holland en Westfriesland |
Museum number: 1880,0508.150 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham BlootelingAfter:Hendrik Martensz. Sorgh |
Production date: 1665-1672 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: Animals |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.473 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.474 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 After:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1630-1680

print

Title: Nieut Beest en Vogelboukje |
Museum number: 2AA+,a.49.5 |
Producer name: After:Simon Jacobsz. de VliegerPublished by:Joannes de Ram |
Production date: 1680

print; book-illustration

Title: Christ stilleth the Tempest |
Museum number: 1956,0725.84 |
Producer name: After:Simon Jacobsz. de VliegerPrint made by:John William Cook |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A View on the Coast of Holland Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.560 |
Producer name: After:Simon Jacobsz. de VliegerPrint made by:Thomas Lord Busby |
Production date: 1805-1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1861,1109.391 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre Charles CanotAfter:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1768 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A View near Scheveling painted by De Vlieger |
Museum number: 1875,0213.395 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel IrelandAfter:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Witte Cornelisz de With Ridr Vice Admirael van / Holland en Westfriesland |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2606 |
Producer name: After:Abraham BlootelingAfter:Hendrik Martensz. Sorgh |
Production date: 1665-1700 |
Production place: Printed in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: Witte Cornelisz. de With |
Museum number: 1854,0812.122 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodor MathamAfter:Hendrik Martensz. Sorgh |
Production date: 1641-1676 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.6080 |
Producer name: Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de VliegerFormerly attributed to:Gerbrand van den Eeckhout |
Production date: 1630-1653

print

Museum number: 1848,0911.204 |
Producer name: Print made by:Constantyn Daniël van RenesseFormerly attributed to:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1641-1680

print

Title: Animals |
Museum number: 1868,0822.709 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.649 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodor MathamAfter:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1640-1676

print

Title: Dogs |
Museum number: 1854,1020.36 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 After:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1620-1650

print

Title: Animals |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.477 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Museum number: P,6.247 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis van Dalen IAfter:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1640

print

Museum number: 1908,0414.215 |
Producer name: After:Simon Jacobsz. de VliegerAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1908 |
Production place: Published in:Berlin (city)

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.6079 |
Producer name: Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de VliegerFormerly attributed to:Gerbrand van den Eeckhout |
Production date: 1630-1653

print

Title: Animals |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.471 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.461 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1630-1650

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.462 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Title: Nieut Beest en vogelboukje |
Museum number: 2AA+,a.49.6 |
Producer name: After:Simon Jacobsz. de VliegerPublished by:Joannes de Ram |
Production date: 1680

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.457 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Museum number: 1898,0712.125 |
Producer name: After:Simon Jacobsz. de VliegerPublished by:Cornelis Danckerts I |
Production date: 1640-1656

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.465 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Title: Animals |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.469 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Title: Animals |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.466 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Title: Dogs |
Museum number: 1854,1020.35 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 After:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1620-1650

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.458 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.4568 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van OssenbeeckAfter:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1639-1674

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.6081 |
Producer name: Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de VliegerFormerly attributed to:Gerbrand van den Eeckhout |
Production date: 1630-1653

print

Museum number: F,2.251 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Title: Animals |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.468 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.6496 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Title: Dogs |
Museum number: 1854,1020.34 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 After:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1620-1650

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.799 |
Producer name: Print made by:Salomon SaveryAfter:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1638

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Le Moerdyck |
Museum number: 1877,1013.1796 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gustave GreuxAfter:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1873 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.801 |
Producer name: Print made by:Salomon SaveryAfter:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1638

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Le Moerdyck |
Museum number: 1877,1013.1855 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gustave GreuxAfter:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1873 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1875,0710.545 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 After:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1630-1680

print

Museum number: F,2.254 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 After:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1630-1680

print

Title: Witte Cornelisz de With, Vice Admirael van Holland en Westfriesland |
Museum number: 1891,0414.153 |
Producer name: After:Abraham BlootelingAfter:Hendrik Martensz. Sorgh |
Production date: 1665-1672

print

Title: Animals |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.472 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Print made by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1615-1653

print

Title: A View near Scheveling painted by De Vlieger |
Museum number: 1877,0609.1666 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel IrelandAfter:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A View near Scheveling painted by De Vlieger |
Museum number: 1875,0213.394 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel IrelandAfter:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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