Aert Anthonisz. (called Antum) (attributed), Three-master in stormy sea. Circa 1604- 1620. Aert Anthonisz. (called Antum)1580 Antwerp - 1620 Amsterdam Oil on wood. Unsigned. Framed in a historic, black-framed cove moulding with gold-coloured visible border. Verso on right frame leg Mi. an old paper label, illegibly inscribed thereon in pen. Registered in: RKD, The Hague, illustration number 0000062916. Provenance: North German private property; formerly collection Christoph Müller, Tübingen. Illustrated in: Brigitte Reinhardt (ed.): The Visible World. Dutch Pictures of the 16th and 17th Century. Christoph Müller Collection, Tübingen, exhibition cat. Museum Ulm, Tübingen / Berlin 1996, Fig. 64. Slightly curved image carrier, with horizontal drying tear (7.5 cm) in the lower third of the right margin, this stabilized on verso with three glued-on wooden blocks. Loss of material in the wood at the upper left corner. Small missing parts along the picture margins in the fold area. Painting layer all in all superficially rubbed. Large retouchings in the sky, partly slightly deviating in colour l.mi. as well as additions in details of the sailing ships. Verso with paper tape all around. Frame reworked (reduced in size), mount probably renewed, with small scratches. Dimensions: 40.6 x 67.1 cm, overall 52.7 x 79.7 cm. Aert Anthonisz. (called Antum) 1580 Antwerp - 1620 Amsterdam Dutch marine painter.1591 Moved to Amsterdam. Probably pupil of the painter Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom. His teachers are unknown, but probably apprenticeship during the Flemish emigrant community in Amsterdam (possibly Hans Rem?). Because of missing mentions of the artist among others by Houbraken, little is known about the artist and his life. His son Hendrick van Anthonisz also became a well-known marine painter.