
Adriaan van der Burg (1693–1733) was an 18th-century painter from the
Dutch Republic
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Biography

Van der Burg was born and died in
Dordrecht
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. According to
Jan van Gool he was the pupil of
Arnold Houbraken
Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch people, Dutch Painting, painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters.
Life
Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadt ...
and accompanied him to Amsterdam where he completed his education before returning to Dordrecht, where he became a popular portrait painter and the teacher of
Aert Schouman and
Cornelis Greenwood.
[Adriaan van der Burg Biography]
in ''De nieuwe schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1751) by Jan van Gool, courtesy of historici.nl Schouman made the engraving voor Jan van Gool's book based on a self-portrait that Schouman bought from Adriaan van der Burg's widow.
[
According to the RKD he was the teacher of Aert Schouman and was known for interior decorations.][Adriaan van der Burg]
in the RKD
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References
Adriaan van der Burg
on Artnet
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1693 births
1733 deaths
18th-century Dutch painters
18th-century Dutch male artists
Dutch male painters
Painters from Dordrecht
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