Rafaël Govertsz Camphuysen
Rafaël Govertsz Camphuysen (1597, Gorinchem – 1657, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.
Also recorded as Rafaël Camphuysen · Rafel Govertsz. Camphuysen · Rafaël (I) Camphuysen · Rafaël Camphuysen (I)
Rafaël Govertsz Camphuysen
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- Born
- 1597 · Gorinchem.
- Died
- 1657 · Amsterdam.
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Occupation
- painter
- Known for
- Landscape at sunset
- Languages
- Dutch
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Rafaël Govertsz Camphuysen (1597, Gorinchem – 1657, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.
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The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Gorinchem and Amsterdam. Works named in the authority record are Landscape at sunset. Work by Rafaël Govertsz Camphuysen is recorded in the collections of Rijksmuseum, Bavarian State Painting Collections and Gemäldegalerie Berlin.
According to the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD) he was the son of a surgeon and the nephew of the painter Dirk Rafaelsz Camphuysen. He was a pupil of Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp and Dirck Govertsz and the older brother of Joachim Govertsz Camphuysen who studied with him. His sister Lysbeth married his pupil, the artist Aert van der Neer.
Rafaël Govertsz Camphuysen, LANDSCAPE WITH THE GOOD SAMARITAN
Rafaël Govertsz Camphuysen
Rafaël Govertsz Camphuysen, Camphuijzen, Rafaël - Winter landscape, katalogder00jmhe 0028
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