Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh (c. 1610 – buried 28 June 1670) was a
Dutch Golden Age
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painter of genre works.
Biography
Born in
Rotterdam
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, Sorgh became a pupil of
David Teniers the Younger
David Teniers the Younger or David Teniers II (bapt. 15 December 1610 – 25 April 1690) was a Flemish Baroque painter, printmaker, draughtsman, miniaturist painter, staffage painter, copyist and art curator. He was an extremely versatile artist ...
and
Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech
Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech (1591/92 – September 23, 1624) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, draughtsman and etcher. He is one of the early specialists in the merry company type of subject in Dutch genre painting. His contemporaries named ...
. Sorgh painted mostly interiors with
peasants
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. His
kitchen
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interiors feature elaborate
still life
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s. He also painted market scenes, portraits, and marine and historical scenes.
Sorgh's works include, for example, ''A Man Writing'', ''Interior with Jacob and Esau'', and ''A Kitchen''.
He married Adriaantje Hollaer on 20 February 1633. She became famous in 1947 because of her marriage portrait which had been painted by
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 ...
and was pictured on the
Dutch
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100-
guilder
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banknote
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, printed from 1947 - 1950. Through her sister, he was brother-in-law to his friend the painter
Crijn Hendricksz Volmarijn
Crijn Hendricksz Volmarijn (1601 in Rotterdam – 1645 in Rotterdam) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
According to the RKD, he was a follower of Caravaggio known for his historical allegories.Hendrick Martensz. Sorgh in the
RKD
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Her portrait by Rembrandt was long considered a pendant companion to a portrait of him, but it is no longer certain since an 18th-century engraving of that portrait held the caption ''Nicholas Berchem''. The engraved portrait of him in Arnold Houbraken's ''
The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters
''The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters and Paintresses'', or , as it was originally known in Dutch, is a series of artist biographies with engraved portraits written by the 18th-century painter Arnold Houbraken. It was published in three volumes ...
'' was based on his self-portrait, currently in a private collection.Self-portrait by Sorgh in the RKD
File:Hendrick Martensz. Sorgh 001.jpg, Interior scene by Sorgh
File:Rembrandt 212.jpg, Marriage portrait of a man with a large black hat by
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 ...
's workshop, formerly thought to be Nicolaes Berchem, Hendrik Sorgh, and Carel Fabricius
File:Rembrandt_213.jpg, Marriage portrait of his wife Adriaantje Hollaer, painted by Rembrandt's workshop, around the same time and considered a pendant to the man with the hat
File:Hendrick Maertensz. Sorgh - An Interior Scene - WGA21643.jpg, An Interior Scene
File:Hendrick Maertensz. Sorgh - Sailing Vessels in a Strong Wind - WGA21646.jpg, Sailing in a strong Wind
In 1659 he became headman of the Rotterdam Guild of St. Luke. His pupils were Jacobus Blauvoet, Abraham Diepraam, Cornelis Dorsman,
Pieter Nijs
Pieter Nijs or Nys (April 15, 1624 – June 16, 1681), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Nijs was born in Amsterdam.
According to the RKD he was a pupil of Hendrik Martensz Sorgh.
, and
Pieter Crijnse Volmarijn
Pieter Crijnse Volmarijn (1629–1679) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Volmarijn was born and died in Rotterdam. According to the RKD he was a pupil of Hendrik Martensz Sorgh and Nicolaes Knüpfer and worked in Utrecht.
.
There is also a painting by Hendrick Sorgh in the Hunterian Art Gallery ("Interior with Card Players") in Glasgow, Scotland.