Hendrik Spilman
Illustration — Self-portrait with his family Hendrik Spilman (1721–1784) was an 18th-century painter and engraver from the Dutch Republic.
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Hendrik Spilman
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- Born
- 1721 · Amsterdam.
- Died
- 1784 · Haarlem.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter · printmaker · photographer · engraver · draftsperson · etcher · watercolorist
- Known for
- Self Portrait with his Wife Sanneke van Bommel and their two Children · Korte Spaarne in Haarlem in winter
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Self-portrait with his family Hendrik Spilman (1721–1784) was an 18th-century painter and engraver from the Dutch Republic.
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The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Haarlem and Apeldoorn. Works named in the authority record are Self Portrait with his Wife Sanneke van Bommel and their two Children and Korte Spaarne in Haarlem in winter. Work by Hendrik Spilman is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Städel Museum, Rijksmuseum, Frans Hals Museum and Flipje & Streekmuseum.
• Illustration — View of Meer en Berg on the Glipperdreef, Heemstede, the Netherlands, by Hendrik Spilman He was born in Amsterdam. According to the RKD he spent his working life in Haarlem, where he enrolled in 1742 as a member of the Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke. He was a pupil of Abraham de Haen, who trained him as a painter and draughtsman, but he is best known for his topographical drawings and engravings of cityscapes and important buildings. He made engravings after drawings by de Haen, Jan de Beijer, Cornelis Pronk, and Cornelis van Noorde in addition to his own work for various publications. He died in Haarlem in 1784.
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1721
Hendrik Spilman was born in 1721 at Amsterdam.
1784
Hendrik Spilman died in 1784 at Haarlem.
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Amsterdam.
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Haarlem.
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• Het verheerlykt Nederland of Kabinet van Hedendaagsche gezigten. This nine-part work was published between 1745 and 1774 by Isaac Tirion in Amsterdam as an illustration to his Hedendaagsche historie of Tegenwoordige Staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden • Aangenaame Gezichten in de vermakelyke landsdouwen van Haarlem, with engravings by Spilman and van Noorde, 1761 • Nederlandsche tafereelen; of eene keurige verzameling van negen honderd fraaije gezigten van steden, dorpen, sloten, oudheden, adelyke huizen, hofsteden, kerken, torens, poorten, gestichten, en veele andere aanzienlyke stads- en landsgebouwen; in en omtrent de zeven vereenigde Nederlandsche provintien, with engravings by Spilman, Pronk, De Beijer, and Adriaen van Swijndrecht, 1792
Identificatie Titel(s): Portret van Hendrik Spilman. Henricus Spilman, Plaatsnijder en Tekenaar (titel op object)
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Identificatie Titel(s): Portret van Hendrik Spilman
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His recorded language was Dutch. Work and production. Works recorded as notable number 2: Self Portrait with his Wife Sanneke van Bommel and their two Children and Korte Spaarne in Haarlem in winter. Recorded as painter, printmaker, photographer, engraver and draftsperson.
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Elsewhere in Prints
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