Frederick Kerseboom (1632–1690) was a German painter, sometimes called Frederick Casaubon in England.

Life

Born at

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in Germany, he studied painting in

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, and in 1650 was at Paris, where he worked under Charles Le Brun. He subsequently went to Rome, and remained there for 14 years, two of which he spent under

Nicolas Poussin Nicolas Poussin (, , ; June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was the leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome. Most of his works were on religious and mythological subjects painted for a ...

. On leaving Rome Kerseboom came to England, where he devoted himself to portrait-painting. He died in London in 1690, and was buried in St. Andrew's Church, Holborn.

Family

Johann Kerseboom Johann Kerseboom (died October 26, 1708) was a German painter. His date of birth is not known. Kerseboom was born in Germany, and was the nephew of the painter Frederick Kerseboom. In the 1680s he traveled to England England is a country ...

was the nephew of Frederick, and came to England with him. Some of the noted portraits that in the past were attributed to the uncle are now considered to be by him.

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;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Kerseboom, Frederick 1632 births 1690 deaths 17th-century German painters German male painters German portrait painters People from Solingen