Adriaan van der Burg (1693–1733) was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

Aert Schouman Pieter Tanje - Adriaen van der Burg Cornelis Greenwood Aert Schouman

Van der Burg was born and died in

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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 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 ...

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 and

Cornelis Greenwood Cornelis is a Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius. Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees, Neel and Nelis. Cornelis (Kees) and Johannes (Jan) used to be the most common given na ...

.Adriaan van der Burg Biography
in ''De nieuwe schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1751) by Jan van Gool, courtesy of

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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. According to the RKD he was the teacher of Aert Schouman and was known for interior decorations.Adriaan van der Burg
in the RKD

References

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1693 births 1733 deaths 18th-century Dutch painters 18th-century Dutch male artists Dutch male painters Artists from Dordrecht {{Europe-artist-stub