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Balthasar (Baltazar) van der Veen (1596 – 1660) was a
Mededeelingen betreffende Gerhard ter Borch, Robert van Voerst, Pieter van Anraedt, Aleijda Wolfsen, Derck Hardensteijn en Hendrik ter Bruggen ..."
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Van der Veen was born in Amsterdam where he was registered in 1620.Balthasar van der Veen in the RKD He worked in Gorinchem during the years 1637 - 1639 and then travelled south to France and further to Italy, but was back in Amsterdam by 1657 when he became a member of the
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. He was a son of Balthasar van der Veen, a merchant from Antwerp
This merchant was the brother of Walewijn van der Veen
Walewyn (Walewijn) van der Veen, was born in 1617 and died sometime after 1679 in New York. He was one of the first lawyers and Notary Publics in New Amsterdam 1662–1664. The Register of New Netherland 1626-1674 by E.B. O Callaghan LL.D, Page 12 ...
the Notary Public in New Amsterdam and Jan van der Veen, the popular poet from the 1600s. Balthasar, the painter, is mentioned in Jan van der Veen's poem as his nephew. The poem was written for his wedding with Grietje Schaaps, page 319page 319Mededeelingen betreffende Gerhard ter Borch, Robert van Voerst, Pieter van Anraedt, Aleijda Wolfsen, Derck Hardensteijn en Hendrik ter Bruggen ..."
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Van der Veen was born in Amsterdam where he was registered in 1620.Balthasar van der Veen in the RKD He worked in Gorinchem during the years 1637 - 1639 and then travelled south to France and further to Italy, but was back in Amsterdam by 1657 when he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke
The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries. They were named in honor of the Four Evangelists, Evangelist Saint Luke, Luke, the patron sa ...
there.
He is known for landscapes after Cornelis Gerritsz Decker, Wouter Knijff
Wouter Knijff (1605, Wesel – 1694, Bergen op Zoom), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Biography
According to the RKD he was the nephew of Janneke Knijff who married Jan Vermeer van Ham, the grandparents of the Haarlem painter Jan Ver ...
, and Roelof Jansz van Vries
Roelof van Vries (1631, Haarlem – 1681-1701, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
According to the RKD he is known for landscapes in the manner of more famous Haarlem landscapists such as Jacob van Ruisdael, Meindert Hob ...
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Van der Veen probably died in Haarlem
Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...
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1596 births 1660 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Painters from Amsterdam {{Netherlands-painter-stub