Arent Arentsz, also known as Cabel, (1585 – 18 August (buried), 1631) was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...

landscape painter.

Biography

Arentsz was born and died in

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. According to the RKD he signed his works with the monogram AA.Arent Arentsz
in the RKD He is known for summer and winter landscapes, mostly of hunting and fishing scenes. He was influenced by the landscape painter

Hendrick Avercamp Hendrick Avercamp (January 27, 1585 (bapt.) – May 15, 1634 (buried)) was a Dutch painter during the Dutch Golden Age of painting. He was one of the earliest landscape painters of the 17th-century Dutch school, he specialized in painting th ...

, but their works can be easily told apart. Some of his works can be seen at the National Gallery (London) and the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. Arentsz died in 1631 and was buried in the Oude Kerk.

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