Adriaen Cornelisz Beeldemaker

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Pack of dogs, 1660

Adriaen Cornelisz. Beeldemaker (1618, Rotterdam – 1709, The Hague), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography[edit]

According to Jan van Gool he specialized in painting scenes of deer and boar hunts.[1] His paintings were popular, probably because he asked modest prices for them.[1] He had many pupils and many children; two of his sons later became painters.[1]

He was also known as Johannes, and became the father of the painters Cornelis and Frans Beeldemaker.[2] He worked in Leiden and Dordrecht.[2]

Examples of his work are represented at Kadriorg Palace, (part of the Art Museum of Estonia) in Tallinn, Estonia.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c (in Dutch) Johannes Beeldemaker Biography, page 63 in Nieuwe Schouburg (with painter index), (1750) by Jan van Gool, in the Institute of Dutch History
  2. ^ a b Adriaen Cornelisz. Beeldemaker in the RKD
  3. ^ "Art Museum of Estonia". Retrieved 15 February 2013.