Adriaen Hendriksz Verboom - Castle by a river

Adriaen Hendriksz Verboom (1627 – 1673), was a

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landscape painter.

Biography

He was born in Rotterdam, and was the older brother and teacher of Willem Hendricksz Verboom.Adriaen Hendriksz Verboom
in the

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He worked in Haarlem from 1650 and in Amsterdam from 1661 and is known for Italianate landscapes in the manner of

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. He seems to have spent a long period in Amsterdam, where his works appeared in inventories and after his wife died in 1667 he returned to Rotterdam, where he later died. He was documented as a good draughtsman who painted tiles and made etchings, as well as paintings. The

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has several of his drawings and etchings. The

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has a book of engravings by Johannes Groensveld after Verboom's drawings.

References

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1627 births 1673 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Painters from Rotterdam {{Netherlands-painter-stub