Johan Starrenberg (c1650, Groningen – after 1691, The Hague), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
According to Houbraken he painted rough portraits that were "better seen from a distance", and enjoyed the patronage of the Stadtholder of Friesland, Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz.[1] He was a friend of the painter Jacob de Wolf who commit suicide in 1685.
According to the RKD he was in Groningen from 1670–1681, and in 1681 he became a member of the Confrerie Pictura in the Hague, where he was also registered from 1690-1691.[2]
References
(Dutch) Johan Starrenberg Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
Johan Starrenberg in the RKD
Johan Starrenberg on Artnet
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