Wouter Knijff
Illustration — Wouter Knijff, far left, in painting of the regents of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke, by Jan de Bray Wouter Knijff (1605 in Wesel – 1694 in Bergen op Zoom), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. According to the RKD he was the nephew of Janneke Knijff who married Jan Vermeer van Ham, the grandparents of the Haarlem painter Jan Vermeer van Haarlem the Elder.
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Wouter Knijff
Jan de Bray · File:Jan de Bray 002.jpg · Public domain
- Born
- 1605 · Wesel.
- Died
- 1694 · Bergen op Zoom.
- Nationality
- Germany · Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson · art dealer · artist
- Fields
- landscape · winter landscape
- Known for
- View of Dordrecht
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Wouter Knijff, far left, in painting of the regents of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke, by Jan de Bray Wouter Knijff (1605 in Wesel – 1694 in Bergen op Zoom), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. According to the RKD he was the nephew of Janneke Knijff who married Jan Vermeer van Ham, the grandparents of the Haarlem painter Jan Vermeer van Haarlem the Elder.
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Born at Wesel in 1605, died in Bergen op Zoom in 1694.
Jacob Knijff and Leonard Knijff are recorded as having studied under Wouter Knijff. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape and winter landscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are Haarlem, Bergen op Zoom and Middelburg. Works named in the authority record are View of Dordrecht. Work by Wouter Knijff is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Bowes Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Ashmolean Museum and Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK).
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