Rochus van Veen

The recorded working language is Dutch. The field of work recorded is painting. Places of work recorded in the authority are Beverwijk. Work by Rochus van Veen is recorded in the collections of Städel Museum, Teylers Museum and J. Paul Getty Museum.

• Name — Rochus van Veen

• Birth Name — Rochus

• Born — 1630

• Birthplace — Beverwijk

• Died — 1693 1630

• Place of death — Beverwijk

• Field — Painting

• Movement — Baroque

Rochus van Veen (1630–1693) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

• Illustration — Agneta Block and her garden Flora Batava at Vijverhof, by Jan Weenix.

• Illustration — Watercolor of a finch on a branch that looks similar to the one in Agnes Block's hand in the Jan Weenix family portrait.

According to Houbraken, he followed in the artistic footsteps of his father Otto van Veen, who may have been his uncle. Rochus had two sons who also became painters. All three lived in Beverwijk and all specialized in painting watercolors of plants, birds and insects on paper and parchment. In 1706 their drawings, prints, and paintings were auctioned in Haarlem.

According to the RKD he was also known as Rocho. The RKD does not mention a relation to Otto van Veen, who painted historical allegories. Rochus painted watercolors for horticulturalists. He painted for Agnes Block's garden and one of his paintings resembles the one she holds in her hand in a family portrait by Jan Weenix.