Abraham de Verwer (1585,

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– 19 August 1650 (buried),

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), was a

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painter of cityscapes, (river) landscapes and seascapes.

Biography

He was also called Abraham de Verweer van Burghstrate.Abraham de Verwer
in the RKD"Verwer, Abraham de"
vol. 14, pp. 245–246, in '' Benezit Dictionary of Artists'' (Paris: Gründ, 2006). It is unknown who taught him to paint, but he was noted in his wife's testament in Haarlem in 1607 as a "schrijnwerker" or cabinet-maker, and in 1614 he was noted in an Amsterdam estate inventory as a painter. He travelled in France from 1637 to 1639, and seven views along the

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in Paris are known, as well as three more at the

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and one at the Institut Néerlandais, Paris. Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, was a client who purchased two cityscapes of the Louvre and two other paintings for 400

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in 1639. Verwer returned to Amsterdam, where he obtained citizenship on 23 January 1641, and bought a house on Prinsengracht in 1642. He was the father of the Amsterdam poet Catharina Verwers and the Amsterdam painter

Justus de Verwer Justus de Verwer (Amsterdam, c. 1626 - Amsterdam, 12 November 1689) was a Dutch painter and illustrator from the period of the Golden Age. De Verwer was the son and pupil of Abraham de Verwer and followed him in style and theme. He produced prima ...

.Catharina Verwers
in inghist He was buried in the

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. File:Abraham de Verwer - La Grande Galerie du Louvre avec la porte Neuve et la tour de Bois - P331 - Musée Carnavalet.jpg, The

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of the Louvre File:Abraham de Verwer 'Le quartier du Petit Nesle avec l'Hôtel de Nevers, la tour de Nesle, la Grande Galerie du Louvre et le pont Royal (en bois), vus du Pont-Neuf' – Musée Carnavalet.jpg, The

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and the

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References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Verwer, Abraham de 1585 births 1650 deaths Painters from Haarlem Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch landscape painters Dutch male painters Dutch marine artists