Adriaan van der Burg (1693–1733) was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography
Van der Burg was born and died in
Dordrecht
Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after R ...
. According to
Jan van Gool
Johan, or Jan van Gool (1685–1763), was a Dutch painter and writer from The Hague, now remembered mainly as a biographer of artists from the Dutch Golden Age.
Life
Jan van Gool was a pupil of Simon van der Does and Mattheus Terwesten. he was the pupil of
Arnold Houbraken and accompanied him to Amsterdam where he completed his education before returning to Dordrecht, where he became a popular portrait painter and the teacher of
Aert Schouman
Aert Schouman or Aart Schouman (4 March 1710 – 5 July 1792) was an 18th-century painter, now better known as a glass engraver, from the Dutch Republic.
Schouman was born in Dordrecht. When 15 years old he served as apprentice to the Dordrec ...
and
Cornelis Greenwood.
[Adriaan van der Burg Biography]
in ''De nieuwe schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1751) by Jan van Gool, courtesy of historici.nl Schouman made the engraving voor Jan van Gool's book based on a self-portrait that Schouman bought from Adriaan van der Burg's widow.
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According to the RKD he was the teacher of Aert Schouman and was known for interior decorations.][Adriaan van der Burg]
in the RKD
The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ...
References
Adriaan van der Burg
on Artnet
1693 births
1733 deaths
18th-century Dutch painters
18th-century Dutch male artists
Dutch male painters
Artists from Dordrecht
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