Esaias’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Ten Landscapes: Walled River Town to the Left of a River
Esaias van de Velde I Dutch, c. 1587-1630

Farm to the Right of a River
After Esaias van de Velde Dutch, 1587–1630

Farm to the Right of a River
After Esaias van de Velde Dutch, 1587–1630

Six Peasants using a Barrell Butt as a Table
Esaias van de Velde Dutch, 1587–1630

Ruins of a Roman Temple, from Landscapes
Esaias van de Velde Dutch, 1587–1630

Landscape with a Rider and a Walker on a Road, from Landscapes
Esaias van de Velde Dutch, 1587–1630

Path at Right Leading to a Village, from Landscapes
Esaias van de Velde Dutch, 1587–1630

Fishermen in Rowboats Before a Walled Town, from Landscapes
Esaias van de Velde Dutch, 1587–1630

Path to the Right of a Field, from Landscapes
Esaias van de Velde Dutch, 1587–1630

Walled Town, Left of a River, from Landscapes
Esaias van de Velde Dutch, 1587–1630

Landscape with Gallows (near Haarlem), from Landscapes
Esaias van de Velde Dutch, 1587–1630

Landscape with a Brewery, from Landscapes
Esaias van de Velde Dutch, 1587–1630

Path to Right of a Wooden and Stone Bridge
Esaias van de Velde Dutch, 1587–1630

Two Monks on a Path
Esaias van de Velde Dutch, 1587–1630

Two Monks on a Path
Esaias van de Velde Dutch, 1587–1630

Beached Sperm Whale at Noordwijk
Esaias van de Velde (Dutch, 1587–1630) after Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)

Venus and Adonis (?) with the Duck Hunt
Presumably woven at the workshop of Jacques I Geubels (died 1601/05) or his widow Catharina van den Eynde (died before 1629) Brussels

Pastoral Landscape with Ruins
Adriaen van de Velde (Dutch, 1636–1672)

Christ on the Road to Emmaus
Style of Jan van de Velde I Dutch, c. 1568-1623

Elevator Grille from the Chicago Stock Exchange, Chicago, Illinois
Louis H. Sullivan American, 1856-1924