Balthasar van der Veen
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Balthasar van der Veen | |
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Born | 1596 |
Died | 1660 |
Nationality | Netherlands |
Balthasar (Baltazar) van der Veen (1596 – 1660) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. He was a son of Balthasar van der Veen, a merchant from Antwerp[1]
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Van der Veen was born in Amsterdam where he was registered in 1620.[2] He worked in Gorinchem during the years 1637 - 1639 and then travelled south to France and further to Italy, but was back in Amsterdam by 1657 when he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke there.[2] He is known for landscapes after Cornelis Gerritsz Decker, Wouter Knijff, and Roelof Jansz van Vries.[2] Van der Veen probably died in Haarlem.[2]
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