Eva van Marle may have been the name of a

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portrait painter who signed with the monogram ''E.M.'', ''EM.F.'' (E.M. fecit) and was active in

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, between 1642 and 1654.Eva van Marle
at the

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Work

According to research by J. Verbeek and J.W. Schotman in 1957, "monogrammist E.M." was possibly the teacher of

Hendrick ten Oever Hendrick ten Oever (1639 – 1716), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography He was born in Zwolle as the son of David ten Oever and Marijke Molkenbuer.Gerard ter Borch the Elder, dated 1645. Most of the portraits depict people to their waist and all but two depict people from the patriciate and nobility of Overijssel or citizens of Zwolle. Six such portraits hang in the Vrouwenhuis, Zwolle.

Attribution

Recent scholarship is doubtful about the existence of Eva van Marle. Egbert Berents van Marle, who became a citizen of Zwolle in 1637, is the ancestor of the Zwolle magisterial family Van Marle. Eva would have been of his generation, but there are no genealogical data on her. The first time she is mentioned was in 1875, when the director of the Vrouwenhuis, whose grandfather was a Van Marle, attributed the six portraits there to her. Towards the end of the 20th century, Eva van Marle's existence was enough in doubt that at exhibits the works were again assigned to "monogrammist EM". Recent research suggests that the monogram may have been that of the painter Evert Meertman, who was one of six painters listed as members of the Zwolle artisan guild. Evert Meertman may be the same person as the

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painter , who married the daughter of a local goldsmith in Zwolle in 1634, and gained citizenship in 1639. He was buried in Zwolle on April 2, 1659. File:Portret van Volkert Herkinge (1586-1662).tif, Volkert Herkinge File:Portrait of Justinus van Moerkerken by Eva van Marle.jpg, Justinus van Moerkerken File:Familie Greve door Eva van Marle - Zwolle - 20230057 - RCE.jpg, Greve family File:Familie van Greve door Eva van Marle - Zwolle - 20230058 - RCE.jpg, Greve family File:Regentenkamer - Zwolle - 20230047 - RCE.jpg, State-room in Zwolle

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