Background
Van Anthonissen was born and died in Amsterdam. He was the son of Aert Anthonisz (aka Aart van Antum) and painted in the style of his brother-in-law and teacher January Porcellis and of January van Goyen.
Van Anthonissen was born and died in Amsterdam. He was the son of Aert Anthonisz (aka Aart van Antum) and painted in the style of his brother-in-law and teacher January Porcellis and of January van Goyen.
He is the author of sea paintings in the Hermitage, Saint St. Petersburg and the Prague Gallery, which through their signatures have been ascribed to a mythical Hendrik van Antem. In the 1630s he lived in The Hague, Leiden, and Leiderdorp, but from 1642 he was back in Amsterdam. He is known for beach scenes and seascapes in the manner of January Porcellis, sometimes in grisaille.
He was the father of the marine painter Arnoldus van Anthonissen.