Self-portrait drawing of probably Hendrick ten Oever himself

Hendrick ten Oever (1639 – 1716), was a

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painter.

Biography

He was born in

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as the son of David ten Oever and Marijke Molkenbuer.Who's Who in Overijssel
biography of Hendrick ten Oever His earliest dated work is from 1657 and is a portrait of Rabo Herman Schele, a gentleman from Overijssel. The work is strongly related to the portraits painted by Eva van Marle. According to the RKD he was a pupil of Eva van Marle in Zwolle before travelling to

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in 1659 where he took lessons from his cousin

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along with the brothers Johan Heinrich and

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.Hendrick ten Oever
in the

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He is considered to be a member of the ''

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school of genre painting'', along with Esaias Boursse, Hendrick van der Burgh, Pieter Janssens Elinga,

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, and

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. In 1665 he was back in Zwolle where he lived on the Sassenstraat across from Gesina ter Borch. In 1675 he married Geertruidt van der Horst there and they had 4 children. He is known for landscapes and cityscapes as well as portraits. File:Hendrick ten Oever - Portret van een onbekende man - 0501 - Rijksmuseum Twenthe.jpg, ''Portrait of a Man'', 1677 File:Hendrick ten Oever - Portrait of a lady with a folding fan - M.Ob.1068 MNW - National Museum in Warsaw.jpg, ''Portrait of a Lady with a Folding Fan'', 1690 File:Barend Hakvoort (1652-1735). Boekverkoper, voorlezer en catechiseermeester te Zwolle Rijksmuseum SK-A-2697.jpeg, ''Portrait of Barend Hakvoort'', 1686 File:Hendrick ten Oever - Cattle and Horses with a Herdsman - 52.109 - Museum of Fine Arts.jpg, ''Cattle and Horses with a Herdsman'' File:View of the Herengracht in Amsterdam by Hendrick ten Oever Mauritshuis 681.jpg, ''View of the Herengracht in Amsterdam'', c. 1690

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