Jan Porcellis (1584-1632),

• Was a Dutch marine artist.
• Porcellis was born at Ghent.
• His early paintings date from 1612.
• According to Arnold Houbraken, Porcellis studied with Hendrick Vroom as a teacher.
• Up to 1620, only about 10 works can be surely attributed to Porcellis, most of which represent battles, storms and harbor views. 
• Many prominent artists such as Rembrandt, Allart van Everdingen, Rubens, and Jan van de Cappelle were collecting his works.
• His followers included his son Julius, as well as his wife's brother, Henrick van Anthonissen, and Simon de Vlieger.
• During his life he live at Rotterdam, Antwerp, Haarlem, Amsterdam; by 1626 he had moved to Voorburg near The Hague. • He died at Zoeterwoude in the environs of Leiden.