Christiaan Coevershoff or Cornelis Coeuershoff (1595-1659) 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 from

Groningen Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...

Christiaan Coevershoff - Anatomy lesson of Dr

Coevershoff was born in

but moved to Amsterdam where he trained as a painter. He was rediscovered by

Isa van Eeghen Isabella Henriette van Eeghen (3 February 1913 – 26 November 1996), usually cited as I. H. van Eeghen, was a Dutch historian who worked for the Stadsarchief Amsterdam. Early life and education Van Eeghen was born in Amsterdam as the daughter of ...

who researched his ''Anatomy lesson of Dr. Zacheus de Jager''.De anatomische les van Christiaan Coevershof of : op zoek naar een notoir misdadiger, by Eeghen, I.H. van, 1958 His work shows that he was influenced by Hendrik Goltzius and

Cornelis van Haarlem Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem (1562 – 11 November 1638) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and draughtsman, one of the leading Northern Mannerist artists in the Netherlands, and an important forerunner of Frans Hals as a portraitist. Biograph ...

.Christiaan Coevershoff in the RKD Besides Amsterdam and Enkhuizen he is known for working in The Hague, where he was one of the founders of the Confrerie Pictura in 1656. Coevershoff died in The Hague.

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1595 births 1659 deaths Painters from Groningen Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters {{Netherlands-painter-stub