Abraham de Verwer

The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are marine. Works named in the authority record are The Battle of the Zuider Zee, 6 October 1573, An Amsterdam East Indiaman and Schoorsteenstuk in de Regentenkamer van het Burgerweeshuis: De slag op het Slaak. Work by Abraham de Verwer is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, Amsterdam Museum, Rijksmuseum, Royal Museums Greenwich and Statens Museum for Kunst.

He was also called Abraham de Verweer van Burghstrate. 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. He travelled in France from 1637 to 1639, 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. Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, was a client who purchased two cityscapes of the Louvre and two other paintings for 400 guilders in 1639. Verwer returned to Amsterdam, where he obtained citizenship on 23 January 1641, and bought a house on Prinsengracht in 1642. He was the father of the Amsterdam poet Catharina Verwers and the Amsterdam painter Justus de Verwer. He was buried in the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam. • Illustration — The Grande Galerie of the Louvre • Illustration — The Hôtel de Nevers (left bank) and the Tour de Nesle

The authorities additionally record the headings Abraham De Verwer, Abraham Verwer, Abraham De Verweer Van Burghstrate, abraham verweer and Verwey. His recorded language was Dutch. 2 children are recorded: Catharina Verwers and Justus de Verwer.