Geertruydt Roghman (1625, in

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– 1657, in

), was a

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painter, engraver, and printmaker.

Biography

Roghman was born in Amsterdam, the daughter of the engraver Henrick Lambertsz Roghman and Maria Jacobs Savery. According to the RKD she was the oldest sister of Roelant and

Magdalena Roghman Magdalena Roghman (1637 – 1679) was a Dutch Golden Age engraver. Biography She was born in Amsterdamas the sister of Geertruydt and Roelant Roghman Roelant Roghman (14 March 1627 - 3 January 1692) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, sketcher ...

and the granddaughter of the painter

Roelant Savery Roelant Savery (or ''Roeland(t) Maertensz Saverij'', or ''de Savery'', or many variants; 1576 – buried 25 February 1639) was a Flanders-born Dutch Golden Age painter. Life Savery was born in Kortrijk. Like so many other artists, he belonged ...

through her mother.Geertruydt Roghman
in the

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She probably worked in her father's workshop and in her short life did not produce a large body of work. She is best known for the 14 prints based on sketches by her brother Roelant that were published in Amsterdam by Claes Jansz Visscher called ''Pleasant Landscapes or amusing scenes drawn from life by Roelant Rogman''."Plaisante Landschappen ofte vermakelijcke Gesichten na 't Leven geteekent door Roelant Rogman", ca. 1645-1650Geertruydt Roghman
on

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These scenes sold well throughout the latter half of the 17th century and early 18th century and served as inspiration to landscape painters. She is also known for original work; a series of 5 prints she engraved herself of women working in interiors.

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