Isaac Paling (c.1640 – 1728) was a

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painter.

Biography

Paling was born in

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. According to Houbraken he was a pupil of

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and a colleague of Jacob Torenvliet in Leiden. According to the RKD he became a member of the

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in the Hague from 1681–1682 and travelled on 1682 to London where he stayed until 1702.Isaac Paling
in the

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He settled in the Hague in 1702, and remained there until his death. It is believed that Paling was married to an artist, only referred to as Mrs Pawling, who was a late 17th-century pastel portraitist.

References

1640s births 1728 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Painters from Leiden Painters from The Hague {{Netherlands-painter-stub