Solomon Leonard Verveer

His sepia gouache and drawings are much appreciated. He is buried at the old Scheveningseweg Jewish cemetery in The Hague. His tomb, a large sarcophagus resting on a catafalque, is one of the most striking monuments in this historic cemetery.

The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Works named in the authority record are Imaginary View based on the Kolksluis, Amsterdam. Work by Solomon Leonard Verveer is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK), Museum Arnhem, Teylers Museum and Amsterdam Museum. Distinctions recorded are Order of Leopold, Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion and Order of the Oak Crown.

• Illustration — 1852 watercolour over pencil on paper entitled: Townview with bell tower in the background Verveer was a prominent Jewish-Hague painter. He was born in The Hague and trained as a painter by Bartholomeus Johannes van Hove. He worked with Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch and taught Frederik Hendrik Kaemmerer. He initially painted city and harbor scenes, river landscapes and village scenes. Later, he began painting dunes and Jewish neighborhoods, besides experimenting with charcoal. He travelled through the Rhine provinces and France, especially Normandy, where he had many possibilities to paint city, village and sea views. In 1836 he was awarded a double silver medal by the Felix Meritis Society, and again at the Brussels Exhibition of 1842 where he received a gold-plated silver medal. At the Brussels Salon of 1845 two paintings were submitted and sold to the Belgian Minister of State, Sylvain Van de Weyer (Leaving for the Market) and the British ambassador George Hamilton Seymour (A vision of Dordrech). In 1851, Verveer received the Order of Leopold, awarded to him personally by King Leopold I. At the Paris World Exhibition of 1855, Emperor Napoleon III bought two paintings submitted by Verveer. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the Oak Crown by King William III of the Netherlands on his 25th anniversary in May 1874, and in 1863 knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion.

Solomon Leonard Verveer was recorded at birth as Salomon Leonardus Verveer. The authorities additionally record the headings Samuel Verveer, S. Verveer, Samuel (Salomon Leonardus) Verveer, Samuel Leonardus Verveer and Sam Verveer. His recorded language was Dutch.

Solomon Leonard Verveer is recorded as having received Order of Leopold, Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion and Order of the Oak Crown.