Margaretha van Godewijk
Illustration — Margaretha van Godewijk, after a self-portrait Margaretha van Godewijk (30 or 31 August 1627, Dordrecht – 2 November 1677, Dordrecht), was a Dutch Golden Age poet and painter.
Also recorded as Margaret van Godewyk · Margaretha van Godewyk · Creator:Margaretha van Godewijck · Margerita Godewyck
Margaretha van Godewijk
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- Born
- 1627 · Dordrecht.
- Died
- 1677 · Dordrecht.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- poet · painter · writer · glass engraver · musician · draftsperson · watercolorist · harpsichordist
- Fields
- landscape · marine · portrait · floral
- Teachers
- Nicolaes Maes · Cornelis Bisschop
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Margaretha van Godewijk, after a self-portrait Margaretha van Godewijk (30 or 31 August 1627, Dordrecht – 2 November 1677, Dordrecht), was a Dutch Golden Age poet and painter.
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Biography
Biography
According to Houbraken her father was a teacher at the Latin school in Dordrecht who taught her Greek, Latin, Italian, French and English. She could understand Hebrew, and was clever at making rhymes. She learned to paint from Nicolaes Maes and was skilled at painting landscapes, villas, houses, flowers and all sorts of ships, in oils, watercolours, and embroidery. She was also good at astronomy and making diamond engravings on glass (roemers). Houbraken quoted the Dordrecht writer Mathias Balen (1611–1691), who published a history of Dordrecht that included various famous women. According to the RKD she was a pupil of Cornelis Bisschop and became a flower painter, but no works survive.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Margaret van Godewyk, Margaretha van Godewyk, Creator:Margaretha van Godewijck and Margerita Godewyck. Her recorded language was Dutch.
Identity
Identity
Margaretha van Godewijk is recorded as poet, painter, writer, glass engraver and musician.
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Life and career
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1627
Margaretha van Godewijk born at Dordrecht.
1677
Margaretha van Godewijk died at Dordrecht.
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