Adriaen van Eemont (circa1626 – 10 September 1662) was a
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painter from
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who focused on subjects such as landscapes, plants, birds and fruit. He was married Maria Cauw (died before 1667) in Amsterdam on 7 June 1658.
Biography
Van Eemont was born and died in Dordrecht. According to Houbraken he was "as good a bird painter as
Melchior d'Hondecoeter
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.Adriaan van Emont Biography in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by
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 ...
, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature Houbraken had mentioned him twice earlier; as a specialist in painting water birds and plants, and as the teacher of the Dordrecht painter Johannes Offermans.
According to the RKD he is known for fruit still lifes and is possibly the same person as the landscape painter who signed with the monogram "AVE".Adriaen van Eemont in the
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He worked in Amsterdam, Heusden and France. In France he traveled with
Frederik de Moucheron
Frederik de Moucheron (1633 – 5 January 1686) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter and draughtsman. He mainly produced (Italianate) landscapes that were furnished with human and animal figures by various colleagues.
Biography
Frederik ...
to Paris and Lyon.
There is still some uncertainty about the nature of his work; though Houbraken was so certain that he had specialized in birds and plants, the
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has a work by him that is more reminiscent of Haarlem works such as those by
Adriaen van Ostade
Adriaen van Ostade (baptized as Adriaen Jansz Hendricx 10 December 1610 – buried 2 May 1685) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works, showing everyday life of ordinary men and women.
Life
According to Arnold Houbraken, he and his br ...
His monogram "AVE" has also been interpreted as "NF" for Nicolaes Ficke, a 17th-century painter from Haarlem. The group of monogrammed paintings thus identified are considered to be paintings in the "Haarlem landscape style". An example of such a painting that was formerly attributed to
Jan Wijnants
Jan Jansz Wijnants (alternatively Wynants) (1632 – buried 23 January 1684) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
He was born in Haarlem, the son of a Catholic art dealer also named Jan Wijnants.Adriaen van Eemont on
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