Barent Gael was a Dutch Golden Age

Dutch Golden Age

The Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, military and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. The first half is characterised by the Eighty Years' War till 1648...

 landscape painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken he was a pupil of Philips Wouwerman who painted many battle pieces and staging areas (Dutch: pleisterplaatsen). He was in the habit of keeping his own schedule at the risk of offending customers - Houbraken relates a moment when a patron came to his house for a viewing and he claimed he "wasn't at home". The patron was so insulted that when Gael came to him with the finished painting, he claimed he was now "not at home" and refused payment.

According to the RKD he painted Italianate landscapes and was prominent in the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke

Haarlem Guild of St. Luke

The Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke was first a Christian, and later a city Guild for a large number of trades falling under the patron saints Luke the Evangelist and Saint Eligius.-History:...

 by 1642. His latest known dated painting is from 1679, but his paintings are rarely dated. He is listed as dead in a list of guild members by Vincent van der Vinne

Vincent van der Vinne

Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne was a Dutch Mennonite painter, linen-weaver, and writer.- Biography :He lived and worked in Haarlem and was a student of Frans Hals for nine months in 1647. In 1649 he became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke. In 1652 he left on a Grand Tour through Germany,...

's son Laurens

Laurens van der Vinne

Laurens Vincentsz van der Vinne , was an 18th century painter from the Northern Netherlands.-Biography:According to Houbraken he was the oldest and artistically most gifted son of the painter Vincent van der Vinne. Laurens helped his father draw up the list of 173 members of the Haarlem Guild of...

in 1702. He moved from Haarlem to Amsterdam sometime between the years 1661 and 1673, where he stayed.
An apprenticeship to Wouwerman was never found in the archives during the period under review, but he shows strong influence by Haarlem colleagues. He has a large oeuvre that is somewhat monotonous.