Abraham Beerstraaten
Illustration — The Blauwpoort in Leiden in the winter, ca. 1660 Abraham Beerstraaten (1643 in Amsterdam – 1666), was a Dutch Golden Age painter of winter scenes. Abraham was baptized in the Noorderkerk on 4 October as the son of Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten.
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Abraham Beerstraaten
Abraham Beerstraaten · Public domain
- Born
- 1643 · Amsterdam.
- Died
- 1666 · Amsterdam.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- landscape
- Known for
- The Blauwpoort in Leiden in the winter · Battle of the combined Venetian and Dutch fleets against the Turks in the Bay of Foya and 1649
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — The Blauwpoort in Leiden in the winter, ca. 1660 Abraham Beerstraaten (1643 in Amsterdam – 1666), was a Dutch Golden Age painter of winter scenes. Abraham was baptized in the Noorderkerk on 4 October as the son of Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten.
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In 1662, together with his father, he traveled to Friesland, Groningen and many other places in Holland. He died before September 1666. Abraham Storck who cooperated with him, inherited his unfinished paintings of the town hall. Almost all sources and literature give divergent and often contradictory information. His works are confused with those of his father and brother Anthonie Beerstraaten. • Illustration — Abraham Beerstraaten & Abraham Storck Oude Stadhuis te Amsterdam
The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam. Works named in the authority record are The Blauwpoort in Leiden in the winter and Battle of the combined Venetian and Dutch fleets against the Turks in the Bay of Foya, 1649. Work by Abraham Beerstraaten is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Nationalmuseum, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Royal Museums Greenwich and South African National Gallery.
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal, Amsterdam.
Abraham Beerstraaten
Zeeslag van de verenigde Venetiaanse en Nederlandse vloten onder bevel van Giacomo Riva tegen de Turken in de Baai van Foja, 1649. Links de gewapende Nederlandse koopvaarder 'Madonna della Vigna'.
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- 1.DTB Dopen, archiefnummer 5001, inventarisnummer 75, blad p.81, aktenummer DTB 75
- 2.Abraham Beerstraaten in the RKD
- 3.C.N. Fehrmann (1957) Kamper Almanak, p. 246-254
- 4.Menno Jonker (2021) Abraham Beerstraaten en Abraham Storck, Oude Stadhuis te Amsterdam, ca. 1663-1667
- 5.Jager, A. (2016). 'Galey-schilders' en 'dosijnwerck': De productie, distributie en consumptie van goedkope historiestukken in zeventiende-eeuws Amsterdam
- 6.https://onh.nl/verhaal/beerstraten-wie-schilderde-wat
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