Abraham Furnerius (1628–1654) was a Dutch Golden Age draughtsman and painter who was a pupil of Rembrandt.

Biography

He was born and died in

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. According to the RKD he was a Rembrandt pupil at the same time as

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and

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.Abraham Furnerius
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Though he died young, he established a workshop and became the teacher of

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. He was the brother in law of Philip de Koninck, whose works are sometimes confused with his. No extant paintings are securely ascribed to Furnerius. His surviving body of work consists of a large number of landscape drawings in ink or ink with wash.Robinson, William W. (2002). ''Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the Maida and George Abrams Collection''. Cambridge: Harvard University Art Museums. p. 142. .

References

Abraham Furnerius
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