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BLOEMAERT, ABRAHAM (1564—1651)

BLOEMAERT, See also:
ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")
ABRAHAM (1564—1651) , Dutch painter and engraver, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

GORINCHEM, or GORCUM

Gorinchem, the son of an architect. He was first a See also:

PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of Gerrit Splinter (pupil of Frans See also:

FLORIS, FRANS

Floris) and of Joos de See also:

BEER

Beer, at See also:

Utrecht. He then spent three years in See also:

Paris, studying under several masters, and on his return to his native See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country received further training from Hieronymus See also:

FRANCKEN

Francken. In 1591 he went to See also:

Amsterdam, and four years later settled finally at Utrecht, where he became See also:

dean of the Gild of St See also:

Luke. He excelled more as a colourist than as a draughtsman, was extremely productive, and painted and etched See also:

HISTORICAL

historical and allegorical pictures, landscapes, still-See also:

LIFE

life, See also:

animal pictures and See also:

flower pieces. Among his pupils are his four sons, Hendrick, See also:

Frederick, Cornelis and Adriaan (all of whom achieved consider-able reputation as painters or engravers), the two Honthorsts and See also:

Jacob G. See also:

CUYP

Cuyp.

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