Hendrik de Fromantiou (1633 – after 1693) was a

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painter.

Early life

Fromantiou was born in

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. In his youth, he produced works for the art dealer

Gerrit van Uylenburgh Gerrit van Uylenburgh (c. 1625 – 1679), or Gerrit Uylenburgh, was a Dutch Golden Age painter and art-dealer. He was the eldest son of Hendrick van Uylenburgh and took over the family art-dealing business after Hendrick's death and burial i ...

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and from 1658, he was active in

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Career

In 1670, he was appointed as conservator of the royal collection in Potsdam. In 1671, when Van Uylenburgh tried to sell 13 paintings to

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, Fromantiou successfully advised the Elector to send 12 pieces back as forgeries. Fromantiou claimed the paintings were copies of Italian ones, and he could point out the originals in Holland. Included in the 51 people involved in the expertise, was

Johannes Vermeer Johannes Vermeer ( , , #Pronunciation of name, see below; also known as Jan Vermeer; October 1632 – 15 December 1675) was a Dutch Baroque Period Painting, painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle class, middle-class life. ...

Personal life

In 1672 he married the daughter of the rich and successful fellow Dutch painter

Philip Wouwerman Philips Wouwerman (also Wouwermans) (24 May 1619 (baptized) – 19 May 1668) was a Dutch painter of hunting, landscape and battle scenes. Life and work Philips Wouwerman was one of the most versatile and prolific artists of the Dutch Golden ...

. He died in

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Gallery

File:H. de Fromantiou Trompe l'oeil 1666.jpg, ''Trompe l'oeil with Dead Fowl'', 1666 File:Hendrik de Fromantiou 001.jpg, ''Flowers in a Vase with a Passion Flower'', 1668 File:Huntig still life de Fromantiau.jpg, ''Hunting Still Life'', 1672 File:Hendrick-de-fromantiou-1385623.jpg, ''A Still Life with Flowers in a Silver Vase and a Folded Rug'' File:Hendrik de Fromantiou - -A still life of flowers in a glass vase on a marble ledge partly draped with a carpet.jpg, ''A Still Life of Flowers in a Glass Vase on a Marble Ledge Partly Draped with a Carpet'' File:'A Still Life with Dead Partridge, Pheasant, and Hunting Gear' by Hendrick de Fromantiou, 1670.jpg, ''A Still Life with Dead Partridge, Pheasant, and Hunting Gear'', 1670 File:Still Life with a White Rooster and a Hare by Henri de Fromantiou Bonnefantenmuseum 1005875.jpg, ''Still Life with a White Rooster and a Hare'' (between 1642 and 1693)

External links

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Vermeer and His Milieu: A Web of Social History By John Michael Montias, page 207Fromantiou at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
1633 births 1690s deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch still life painters Artists from Maastricht {{Netherlands-painter-stub