Ezaias Terwesten (1661–1724) was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

Terwesten was born in

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. According to Houbraken he was two years younger than his brother

Augustinus Terwesten Augustinus Terwesten or Augustinus Terwesten the Elder (4 May 1649 in The Hague – 21 January 1711 in Berlin) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, printmaker and art educator. He specialized in portraits, architectural and historical themes. He w ...

who was his first teacher, along with his brother

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.Elias Terwesten 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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He travelled to

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, joined the

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, and received the ''bent'' "Paradysvogel" (''Bird of Paradise''). As well as Paradysvogel, he was also known by the

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"Den Brander", and signed his Christian name Esayas, not Ezaias.Ezaias Terwesten
in the RKD He is often confused with a brother of the same name who was born 10 years before Terwesten's birth and who died early. He travelled to Rome in 1694 in the service of

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, got married, and remained there for the rest of his life.

References

Ezaias Terwesten
on

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Terwesten, Ezaias 1661 births 1724 deaths 18th-century Dutch painters 18th-century Dutch male artists Dutch male painters Painters from The Hague Members of the Bentvueghels