Theodor van der Schuer (1634–1707) 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

Van der Schuer was born and died in

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. According to Houbraken he travelled to Italy where he joined the

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with the nickname "Vrientschap", or friendship.Theodoor van der Schuer Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

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

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He was one of the 48 signers of the founding charter of the

Confrerie Pictura The Confrerie Pictura was a more or less academic club of artists founded in 1656 in The Hague (the Netherlands) by local art painters, who were unsatisfied by the Guild of Saint Luke there. History The guild of St. Luke in the Hague existed a ...

in the Hague, and painted one of the four corner pieces of the ceiling of the "

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" where the guild members met.Confrerie Pictura
page in ''De groote schouburgh...'' The other corners were painted by

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Augustinus Terwesten Augustinus Terwesten or Augustinus Terwesten the Elder (4 May 1649 in The Hague – 21 January 1711 in Berlin) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, printmaker and art educator. He specialized in portraits, architectural and historical themes. He w ...

, and

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. Around 1705, he painted the ceiling of the entrance hall of the

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Town Hall, as well as two allegorical chimney pieces for the same building. According to the RKD he was a pupil of

Sébastien Bourdon Sébastien Bourdon (2 February 1616 – 8 May 1671) was a French painter and engraver. His ''chef d'œuvre'' is ''The Crucifixion of St. Peter'' made for the cathedral of Notre Dame. Biography Bourdon was born in Montpellier, Fran ...

and on his return from Rome became court painter in the Hague.Theodoor van der Schuer
in the

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His pupils were Richard van Bleeck,

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, Cornelis de Bruyn, François Mannes, Hendrick Nieulant, Abraham Oosthoorn, and Cornelis van der Salm.

References

Theodoor van der Schuer
on

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