Victor Victorszoon b. 1653

  • Artist (Painter)
A painter and cartographer who travelled on the 'Geelvink' commanded by Willem de Vlamingh in 1696. Victorszoon's paintings are the sole visual record of the voyage and are among the earliest known images of the continent.

Citations

  • Eisler, W. & Smith, B. (eds) (1988), 'Terra Australis: The Furthest Shore’, Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue, Sydney.

  • de Loos-Haaxman, J. (1941), 'De Landsverzameling Schilderijen in Batavia’, Leyden.

  • Schilder, G.G. (ed.) (1976), 'De Ontdekkingreis van Willem Hesselsz. De Vlamingh in de Jaren 1696 1697’, The Hague, 2 vols.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870