Aert Schouman
Illustration — Aart Schouman, selfportrait, 1730 • Illustration — Portrait of Cornelis van Lill (seated), his grandson and Aert Schouman Aert Schouman or Aart Schouman (4 March 1710 – 5 July 1792) was an 18th-century painter, now better known as a glass engraver, from the Dutch Republic. Schouman was born in Dordrecht. Schouman was unusual among painters in that he kept a detailed diary of his professional life from 16 October 1733 to 16 November 1753.
Also recorded as Aart Schouman · Scoumant · Sckouman · Aernout Schouman
Aert Schouman
Attributed to Aert Schouman · Public domain
- Born
- 1710 · Dordrecht.
- Died
- 1792 · The Hague.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter · etcher · watercolorist · printmaker · copper engraver · glass engraver · exlibrist · copyist
- Fields
- painting · print
- Movements
- realism
- Known for
- Portrait of Frans Greenwood, Miniaturist, Glass Engraver and Poet in Dordrecht · Birds near a tomb, part of a decoration series · Four regents and the pater of the House of Corrections in Middelburg and 1764
- Languages
- Dutch
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Born at Dordrecht in 1710, died in The Hague in 1792.
Jabes Heenck is recorded as having studied under Aert Schouman. The recorded working language is Dutch. The field of work recorded is painting and print. Places of work recorded in the authority are The Hague. Works named in the authority record are Portrait of Frans Greenwood, Miniaturist, Glass Engraver and Poet in Dordrecht, Birds near a tomb, part of a decoration series and Four regents and the pater of the House of Corrections in Middelburg, 1764. Work by Aert Schouman is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and Stadsarchief Rotterdam.
Identificatie Titel(s): Portretten van Adriaan van der Burg, Cornelis Greenwood en Aert Schouman
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- 1.Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Online / Artists of the World Online. 2009.
- 2.L.C.Geerts. Aert Schouman.
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