Simon van der Does (1653 – after 1717) was a

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landscape painter.

Biography

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Van der Does was born in

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, the son of

Jacob van der Does Jacob van der Does (4 March 1623, in Amsterdam buried 17 November 1673, in Sloten) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Biography Van der Does was the son of the secretary of the Amsterdam city council. He was more attracted to the arts ...

by his second wife. He was taught to paint by his father and became in turn the teacher of the later art historian

Johan van Gool Johan, or Jan van Gool (1685–1763), was a Dutch painter and writer from The Hague, now remembered mainly as a biographer of artists from the Dutch Golden Age. Life Jan van Gool was a pupil of Simon van der Does and Mattheus Terwesten.

.Simon van der Does
in the

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He painted Italianate landscapes in the manner of his father.Landscape with shepherdess
in the

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Amsterdam According to Houbraken, who got his information from Johan van Gool first hand, Simon van der Does spent time in

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and one year in England in his youth, and could paint portraits in the style of

Caspar Netscher Caspar (or Gaspar) Netscher (1639 – January 15, 1684) was a Dutch portrait and genre painter. He was a master in depicting oriental rugs, silk and brocade and introduced an international style to the Northern Netherlands. Life According to ...