Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh (c. 1610 – buried 28 June 1670) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works.

Biography

Born in

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, Sorgh became a pupil of David Teniers the Younger and Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech. Sorgh painted mostly interiors with

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. His

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interiors feature elaborate still lifes. He also painted market scenes, portraits, and marine and historical scenes. Sorgh's works include, for example, ''A Man Writing'', ''Interior with Jacob and Esau'', and ''A Kitchen''. He married Adriaantje Hollaer on 20 February 1633. She became famous in 1947 because of her marriage portrait which had been painted by Rembrandt and was pictured on the

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, printed from 1947 - 1950. Through her sister, he was brother-in-law to his friend the painter Crijn Hendricksz Volmarijn.Hendrick Martensz. Sorgh
in the

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Her portrait by Rembrandt was long considered a pendant companion to a portrait of him, but it is no longer certain since an 18th-century engraving of that portrait held the caption ''Nicholas Berchem''. The engraved portrait of him in Arnold Houbraken's ''

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'' was based on his self-portrait, currently in a private collection.Self-portrait
by Sorgh in the RKD File:Hendrick Martensz. Sorgh 001.jpg, Interior scene by Sorgh File:Rembrandt 212.jpg, Marriage portrait of a man with a large black hat by Rembrandt's workshop, formerly thought to be Nicolaes Berchem, Hendrik Sorgh, and Carel Fabricius File:Rembrandt_213.jpg, Marriage portrait of his wife Adriaantje Hollaer, painted by Rembrandt's workshop, around the same time and considered a pendant to the man with the hat File:Hendrick Maertensz. Sorgh - An Interior Scene - WGA21643.jpg, An Interior Scene File:Hendrick Maertensz. Sorgh - Sailing Vessels in a Strong Wind - WGA21646.jpg, Sailing in a strong Wind In 1659 he became headman of the Rotterdam Guild of St. Luke. His pupils were Jacobus Blauvoet, Abraham Diepraam, Cornelis Dorsman, Pieter Nijs, and Pieter Crijnse Volmarijn. There is also a painting by Hendrick Sorgh in the Hunterian Art Gallery ("Interior with Card Players") in Glasgow, Scotland.

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External links

Works and literature on Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh

Vermeer and The Delft School
exhibition catalog fully online as PDF from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh (see index)
The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer
exhibition catalog fully online as PDF from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh (cat. no. 5) {{DEFAULTSORT:Sorgh, Hendrik Martenszoon Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters 1610 births 1670 deaths Painters from Rotterdam