Daniel Vertangen (1601,

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– ca.1683,

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painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken he was a pupil of

Cornelis van Poelenburch Cornelis van Poelenburgh or Cornelis van Poelenburch (1594 – 12 August 1667),Cornelis van Poelenburch
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.Daniel Vertangen Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

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 ...

, courtesy of the

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According to the RKD he lived most of his life in Amsterdam and is known for landscapes and historical allegories. Though he is often listed as a pupil of Van Poelenburch, there is no documentation about this apprenticeship, but it could have been either before 1617 or as Poelenburch's workshop partner after 1626.Daniel Vertangen
in the

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Selected works

Stormen på København (Vertangen).jpg, The assault of Copenhagen Jan Valckenburgh (1623-1667) by Daniel Vertangen.jpg, Portrait of

Jan Valckenburgh Jan Valckenburgh (born 1623 – 8 July 1667) was a civil servant of the Dutch West India Company. Valckenburgh began as a simple assistant-trader, but managed to make career up to one of the highest ranks, that of Director-General of the Dutc ...

Dina Lems ( -1675) by Daniel Vertangen.jpg, Portrait of Dina Lems, Valckeburgh's wife

References

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1601 births 1680s deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Painters from Amsterdam {{Netherlands-painter-stub