Jan van de Cappelle
(1626 – 1679), 

was a Dutch Golden Age painter of seascapes and winter landscapes, also notable as an industrialist and art collector. He is "now considered the outstanding marine painter of 17th century Holland". He was described (by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout) as a self-taught artist, but probably received some form of training from Simon de Vlieger, whose style he copied or is closest to his early paintings, and perhaps other masters such as Willem van de Velde the Elder. There are fewer than 150 surviving paintings. Abraham Bredius suggested Van de Cappelle was a friend of Rembrandt,[7] at whose insolvency sales in 1656 and 1658 he was a large buyer, and who painted portraits of him and his wife. The majority of his works are marine or river views, nearly always with several vessels, but he also left a number of small winter landscapes somewhat in the manner of Aert van der Neer.