Hendrik Verschuring 1627 - Gorinchem - 1690 - Dordrecht

Hendrik Verschuring (1627–1690) was a

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landscape painter from

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who often decorated his landscapes with soldiers on horseback.

Biography

His father was a ''hopman'', which is a Dutch term for a flag bearer of a

schutterij Schutterij () refers to a voluntary city guard or citizen militia in the medieval and early modern Netherlands, intended to protect the town or city from attack and act in case of revolt or fire. Their training grounds were often on open spaces w ...

. When his son seemed to have more interest in art than in military matters, he was sent to learn drawing from a portrait painter, Dirck Govertsz, at the young age of eight.Hendrik Verschuring biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

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, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature At thirteen he became the pupil of

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where he stayed six years, until he left Utrecht for a trip to Rome. He made drawings of all the places he stayed, especially new buildings or items of interest. His work was in demand in Venice, so he stayed in Italy for ten years. On his return journey in Paris, he met Joan Huydecoper, the son of the Mayor (burgermeester) of Maarseveen, who was on his Grand Tour to Italy and who persuaded him to be his guide. He again spent three more years in Italy and returned finally to Gorinchem in 1662, where he continued to paint soldiers on horseback in natural landscapes. According to the RKD he was the teacher of his son Willem Verschuring and

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at the

Hendrik Verschuring
in the

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He was a pupil of Dirck Govertsz from the age of eight to thirteen. After that he was with Jan Both for six years (Houbraken 1719)

Works

* Paintings by Verschuring in the

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* ''Cavalry attacking a Fortified Place'', 1677,

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* ''The Dogcart'',

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* ''The Forecourt: Figures and Horses by Town Gate'',

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* ''Fight for the flag'', Dorotheum

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Verschuring, Hendrik Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters 1627 births 1690 deaths Dutch landscape painters Artists from Gorinchem Painters from South Holland