Gabriel, or Govert van der Leeuw (1645–1688), 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
He was the brother of
Pieter van der Leeuw, and they learned to paint from their father, the painter
Bastiaan Govertsz van der Leeuw
Bastiaan Govertsz van der Leeuw (11 January 1624 – 20 December 1680]) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.
According to Houbraken he was the father of Govert van der Leeuw.[Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp.][Gabriel van der Leeuw 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 Digital library for Dutch literature
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As a young man he traveled to Amsterdam, where he married the sister of David van der Plas
David van der Plas (11 December 1647 – 18 May 1704), was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter.
Biography
David van der Plas became famous as a portrait painter, and his most illustrious patron was Cornelis Tromp.[< ...]
. He then set off on a 14-year journey, spending 4 years in Paris and Lyons, 2 years at the Court of Savoy in Turin, a year in Rome, and 7 years in Naples, before returning to Amsterdam. He painted landscapes in the manner of Johann Heinrich Roos
Johann Heinrich Roos (29 September 1631, Otterberg – 3 October 1685, Frankfurt) was a German Baroque era landscape painter and etcher.
Biography
His family had emigrated to Amsterdam due to the Thirty Years' War in 1640.