Abraham de Verwer
Small vessels on the Zuider Zee
View of Hoorn
The Battle of the Zuider Zee, 6 October 1573
An Amsterdam East Indiaman
Abraham de Verwer (1585, Haarlem – 1650, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter of cityscapes, (river) landscapes and seascapes.
Biography
He was also called Abraham de Verweer van Burghstrate. He travelled in northern France and when he returned, he settled in Amsterdam.[1] It is unknown who taught him to paint, but he was noted in his wife's testament in Haarlem in 1607 as a "schrijnwerker" or cabinet-maker, and in 1614 he was noted in an Amsterdam estate inventory as a painter.[1] He travelled in France from 1637-1639.[1] He was the father of the Amsterdam poet Catharina Verwers and the Amsterdam painter Justus de Verwer.[1][2]
References
Abraham de Verwer Archived March 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. in the RKD
Catharina Verwers in inghist
Abraham de Verwer on Artnet
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