Dordrecht
Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after R ...
– 1679, in Dordrecht) 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.
According to Houbraken he was the son of
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.Govert van der Leeuw
Gabriel, or Govert van der Leeuw (1645–1688), was a Dutch Golden Age 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, who had bee ...
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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He entered the Dordrecht painter's guild Pictura in 1669 and was regent when Houbraken himself entered in 1678.
According to the RKD he married in 1674 and became regent of the guild the same year.Pieter van der Leeuw in the
RKD
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He is known for italianate landscapes in the manner of