Adriaen Verdoel
Adriaen Verdoel I (c.1620–1675) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
[edit]Verdoel was born and died in Vlissingen. According to Houbraken he was a pupil of Rembrandt, though some claimed he was a pupil of Leonaert Bramer and Gaspar de Witte.[1] He was respected for his historical allegories, and was also a good poet, who won a prize at his local Chamber of Rhetoric in Vlissingen in 1675.[1]
According to the RKD he is registered as a pupil of Leonaert Bramer and Rembrandt, and was in Haarlem in 1649. He became the teacher of Jan de Groot (1650-1726).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b (in Dutch) Adriaen Verdoel Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- ^ Adriaen Verdoel in the RKD
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