Cornelis Brouwer
Illustration — Anointing David. Cornelis Brouwer (c. 1615, Rotterdam – 1681, Rotterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Cornelis Brouwer
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- Cornelis Brouwer was born about 1634 (approximately). · Rotterdam.
- Died
- Cornelis Brouwer died on 24 August 1681. · Rotterdam.
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- Netherlands.
- Occupation
- painter.
- Teachers
- Rembrandt.
- Languages
- Dutch.
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Illustration — Anointing David. Cornelis Brouwer (c. 1615, Rotterdam – 1681, Rotterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
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According to Houbraken he had been a Rembrandt pupil and was a friend of Eglon van der Neer who was Adriaen van der Werff's teacher for three years. While visiting with van der Neer, who took his pupil along on trips to Leiden and Amsterdam, Brouwer met Adriaen van der Werff and in 1676 helped the seventeen-year-old by taking his self-portrait and showing it to all of his art friends in Rotterdam, who were amazed at the ability of such a young man. According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD) he is known for genre works and historical allegories of the Rembrandt school. He is sometimes confused with Justus Brouwer.
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1634
Cornelis Brouwer was born on 1 January 1634.
1681
Cornelis Brouwer died on 24 August 1681.
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Cornelis Brouwer was born in Rotterdam.
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Cornelis Brouwer died in Rotterdam.
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