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– April 30, 1712, Leerdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
According to Houbraken he painted all sorts of plants, salamanders, snakes and other animals in small chapels and ruins in a natural manner.Abraham de Heusch Biography in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by
Arnold Houbraken
Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters.
Life
Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...
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He married in Dordrecht, and when his wife died he joined the navy. He then remarried and returned to Leerdam where he lived off rents and died the mayor of that town.
According to the RKD he was a pupil of the painter
Christiaen Striep
Christiaen Striep (1634 in Den Bosch – 1673 in Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
According to Houbraken he was the teacher of the painter Abraham de Heusch.Abraham de Heusch in the RKD No known works survive.