Hubert van Ravesteyn - stilleven met groente en fruit

Hubert van Ravesteyn was a Dutch painter of interiors and cattle, the son of Herman van Ravesteyn. He was born at

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in 1638 and died there between 1683 and 1691. He was married 22 December 1669 in Papendrecht to Catharina van Meurs, with whom he had 8 children. His pictures, signed with the monogram H.R., are painted in a brownish tone in the manner of

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, and others. In his early pictures (as for example the still-life of 1664 in the

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) the painting is more carefully coloured.

References

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artist record in RKD
Hubert van Ravesteyn
at PubHist Attribution: * 1638 births 1680s deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch still life painters Painters from Dordrecht {{Netherlands-painter-stub