Mattheus Wijtmans
Illustration — Mattheus Wytmans, Portrait of a lady. A Brabantian painter, born in Den Bosch. (or Mathijs/Mathys Whytmans).
Also recorded as Matthias Wytmans · Mattheus Whytnan · Mattheus Wythmans · Mattheus Wytmans
Mattheus Wijtmans
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- Born
- 1640 · Gorinchem.
- Died
- 1689 · Utrecht.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Mattheus Wytmans, Portrait of a lady. A Brabantian painter, born in Den Bosch. (or Mathijs/Mathys Whytmans).
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He lived for 10 years (1640-1650) in Gorinchem and died in 1689, Utrecht?) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Wytmans was a student of the painter Hendrik Verschuring, and later of Jan van Bijlert in Utrecht. He painted in the manner of Caspar Netscher, according to Houbraken, but he was best at painting flowers and fruit.
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1640
Mattheus Wijtmans was born on 1 January 1640.
1689
Mattheus Wijtmans died on 1 January 1689.
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Gorinchem.
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• In 1996 Sotheby's of London auctioned a painting called Portrait of a lady. • Portrait of a man in a garden, leaning on a balcony, Louvre, Paris.
A Young Woman Holding Sheet Music and Singing by Mattheus Wijtmans, oil on oak panel, 12¾ by 9⅝ in.; 31.6 by 24.4 cm.
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Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the headings Matthias Wytmans, Mattheus Whytnan, Mattheus Wythmans, Mattheus Wytmans and Mathias Wytmans. His recorded language was Dutch.
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