Abraham de Verwer

Battle of the Zuider Zee, October 6, 1573

Abraham de Verwer (1585, Haarlem – 19 August 1650 (buried), Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter of cityscapes, (river) landscapes and seascapes.

Biography

He was also called Abraham de Verweer van Burghstrate.[1][2]

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 to 1639,[1] and seven views along the Seine in Paris are known, as well as three more at the Musée Carnavalet and one at the Institut Néerlandais, Paris.[1] Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, was a client who purchased two cityscapes of the Louvre and two other paintings for 400 guilders in 1639.[1][3] Verwer returned to Amsterdam, where he obtained citizenship on 23 January 1641, and bought a house on Prinsengracht in 1642.[1]

He was the father of the Amsterdam poet Catharina Verwers and the Amsterdam painter Justus de Verwer.[1][4]

He was buried in the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Abraham de Verwer in the RKD
  2. ^ a b "Verwer, Abraham de", vol. 14, pp. 245–246, in Benezit Dictionary of Artists (Paris: Gründ, 2006).
  3. ^ Benezit says he worked for Prince Frederick Henry of Nassau.
  4. ^ Catharina Verwers in inghist