Balthasar van der Veen
Balthasar van der Veen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1596 |
| Died | 1660 (aged 63–64) |
Balthasar (Baltazar) van der Veen (1596 – 1660) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter[1] He was a son of Balthasar van der Veen, a merchant from Antwerp[2] Balthasar, the painter, is mentioned in Jan van der Veen's poem as his nephew. The poem was written for his wedding with Grietje Schaaps, page 319.[3] In this book written by M. E. Houck about some of the well known families from Deventer, Houck writes about a brother of Jan van der Veen, Walewijn van der Veen, page 314[4] We therefor can assume, correctly that these people were indeed related.[5]
Van der Veen was born in Amsterdam where he was registered in 1620.[6] He worked in Gorinchem during the years 1637 - 1639 and then travelled south to France and further to Italy, but was back in Amsterdam by 1657 when he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke there.[6] He is known for landscapes after Cornelis Gerritsz Decker, Wouter Knijff, and Roelof Jansz van Vries.[6] Van der Veen probably died in Haarlem.[6]
References
- ^ https://research.rkd.nl/nl/detail/https%3A%2F%2Fdata.rkd.nl%2Fartists%2F79592?c=q%3DBalthasar%2520van%2520der%2520Veen%26filters%255B0%255D%255Bfield%255D%3Ddb%26filters%255B0%255D%255Bvalues%255D%255B0%255D%3Drkdartists%26filters%255B0%255D%255Btype%255D%3Dall&n=i%3D0%26p%3D1%26rpp%3D11%26tp%3D1
- ^ "Discover painter Balthasar van der Veen".
- ^ "Mededeelingen betreffende Gerhard ter Borch, Robert van Voerst, Pieter van Anraedt, Aleijda Wolfsen, Derck Hardensteijn en Hendrik ter Bruggen". 1899.
- ^ "Mededeelingen betreffende Gerhard ter Borch, Robert van Voerst, Pieter van Anraedt, Aleijda Wolfsen, Derck Hardensteijn en Hendrik ter Bruggen". 1899.
- ^ Mededeelingen betreffende Gerhard ter Borch, Robert van Voerst, Pieter van Anraedt, Aleijda Wolfsen, Derck Hardensteijn en Hendrik ter Bruggen ..."
- ^ a b c d Balthasar van der Veen in the RKD