Frederik de Moucheron (1633 – 5 January 1686) was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands which roughly lasted from 1588, when the Dutch Republic was established, to 1672, when the '' Rampjaar'' occurred. During this period, Dutch trade, scientific development ...

landscape painter and draughtsman. He mainly produced (Italianate) landscapes that were furnished with human and animal figures by various colleagues.

Biography

Frederik de Moucheron was the son of the painter Balthazar de Moucheron and Cornelia van Brouckhoven. His father came from a wealthy family of merchants and wine traders and is portrayed as one of the younger sons in the family portrait of Pierre de Moucheron (1583). Frederik trained with

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and became a landscape painter. He set off at age 22 for

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, where he spent three years and made a tour to

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, Italy and Greece. In 1659 he settled in Amsterdam (

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) and married Mariecke de Jouderville, the daughter of

Isaac de Jouderville Isaac de Jouderville (1612 in Leiden – 1645 in Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter who was a pupil of Rembrandt. Biography De Jouderville was an orphan whose parents had come from Metz. He became a pupil of Rembrandt in November 162 ...

; they had eight children when he died. He is buried in Amsterdam. In 1719 his widow died in

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. He painted French, Italian, and Dutch landscapes. To finish these scenes, contemporaries specialized in painting figures collaborated with him, such as

Adriaen van de Velde Adriaen van de Velde (bapt. 30 November 1636, in Amsterdam – bur. 21 January 1672, in Amsterdam), was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and print artist. His favorite subjects were landscapes with animals and genre scenes.Theodor Helmbreker in Paris,Frederik de Moucheron 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 and at times Johannes Lingelbach, and Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem. De Moucheron's son

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, named after his grandfather who was a

Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (; ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), mononymously known as Rembrandt was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and Drawing, draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in ...

pupil, became a popular engraver and painter, with many of his landscape wall decorations surviving in Amsterdam.

References

External links

Site in Dutch with several paintings by Moucheron

A landscape with figures, duck shooting
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moucheron, Frederik De Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters 1633 births 1686 deaths Painters from Emden