Self-portrait drawing of probably Hendrick ten Oever himself

Hendrick ten Oever (1639 – 1716), 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, ...

painter.

Biography

He was born in

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as the son of David ten Oever and Marijke Molkenbuer.Who's Who in Overijssel
biography of Hendrick ten Oever His earliest dated work is from 1657 and is a portrait of Rabo Herman Schele, a gentleman from Overijssel. The work is strongly related to the portraits painted by Eva van Marle. According to the RKD he was a pupil of Eva van Marle in Zwolle before travelling to

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in 1659 where he took lessons from his cousin

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along with the brothers Johan Heinrich and

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.Hendrick ten Oever
in the

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He is considered to be a member of the ''

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school of genre painting'', along with

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, and

Jacob Vrel Jacob Vrel (fl. (c.1630–c.1680) was a Dutch, Flemish, or Westphalian painter of interiors and urban street scenes during the Dutch Golden Age (1588–1672). He was active from 1654 to 1662. Biography Jacob Vrel is also referred to as ''Jan'' i ...

. In 1665 he was back in Zwolle where he lived on the Sassenstraat across from

Gesina ter Borch Gesina ter Borch (Deventer 15 November 1631 – Zwolle 16 April 1690) was a Dutch Golden Age watercolorist and draftswoman, whose work mostly consists of watercolor paintings in albums. Most of her work captured her observations of family life, ...

. In 1675 he married Geertruidt van der Horst there and they had 4 children. He is known for landscapes and cityscapes as well as portraits. File:Hendrick ten Oever - Portret van een onbekende man - 0501 - Rijksmuseum Twenthe.jpg, ''Portrait of a Man'', 1677 File:Hendrick ten Oever - Portrait of a lady with a folding fan - M.Ob.1068 MNW - National Museum in Warsaw.jpg, ''Portrait of a Lady with a Folding Fan'', 1690 File:Barend Hakvoort (1652-1735). Boekverkoper, voorlezer en catechiseermeester te Zwolle Rijksmuseum SK-A-2697.jpeg, ''Portrait of Barend Hakvoort'', 1686 File:Hendrick ten Oever - Cattle and Horses with a Herdsman - 52.109 - Museum of Fine Arts.jpg, ''Cattle and Horses with a Herdsman'' File:View of the Herengracht in Amsterdam by Hendrick ten Oever Mauritshuis 681.jpg, ''View of the Herengracht in Amsterdam'', c. 1690

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