Michiel van Huysum - Abrikozen en pruimen - Apricots and plums

Van Huysum (also spelled van Huijsum) is a surname from the

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, meaning "of/from

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," a district of

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, South Holland. Four generations of van Huysums were visual artists of the

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of the 17th and 18th centuries. Jan van Huysum is the most important figure of the family. "Some degree of confusion exists between works of Justus I and II, and Jacob and Jan van Huysum, to whom a vast number of works by others have also been wrongly attributed." * Jan van Huysum the Elder (d. 1664), "painter, schoolmaster, government appointee" ** Caspar van Huysum (b. 1648), painter and printmaker in

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Justus van Huysum Justus van Huysum, also spelled Huijsum, (July 8, 1659 in Amsterdam – April 23, 1716 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography Justus Van Huysum is the son of the decorative painter Jan van Huysum the Elder, who moved to Ams ...

(1659–1718), he married twice and had 12 children in all, five with his first wife Margarietje Schouten (1660–1689) and seven with his second Elisabeth Sanderus (1663–1710) *** Jan van Huysum (1682–1749), oldest of Justus' children with Schouten **** Francina Margaretha van Huysum, (1707–1789), Jan's daughter with his wife Elisabeth Takens (1680–1751) *** Justus van Huysum the Younger (1684–1706), Justus' son by Schouten ***

Jacob van Huysum Jacob van Huysum (1688 – 1740) was an 18th-century botanical painter from the Dutch Republic who moved to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1721. Van Huysum was baptized 25 February 1688 in Amsterdam.Maria van Huysum (1696–after 1760), painter and

drafter A drafter (also draughtsman / draughtswoman in British English, British and English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English, draftsman / draftswoman, drafting technician, or CAD technician in American English, American and Canadia ...

, Justus' daughter by second wife Elisabeth Sanderus *** Josua van Huysum (1699–1728), painter in other genres, Justus' son by second wife Sanderus *** Michiel van Huysum (1703–1777), painter of fruit and flower still life paintings, and Arcadian landscapes, Justus' son by second wife Sanderus, may have studied with his older half-brother Jan

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“van Huijzum” in the Amsterdam City Archives
{{surname, Van Huysum * Dutch-language surnames

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