Hendrik Spilman
Hendrik Spilman (1721, Amsterdam – 1784, Haarlem), was an 18th-century painter and engraver from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography
According to the RKD he spent his working life in Haarlem, where he enrolled in 1742 as a member of the Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke.[1] He was a pupil of Abraham de Haen, who trained him as a painter and draughtsman, but he is best known for his topographical drawings and engravings of cityscapes and important buildings.[1] He made engravings after drawings by de Haen, Jan de Beijer, Cornelis Pronk, and Cornelis van Noorde in addition to his own work for various publications.[1]
Published works
- Het verheerlykt Nederland of Kabinet van Hedendaagsche gezigten. This nine-part work was published between 1745 and 1774 by Isaac Tirion in Amsterdam as an illustration to his Hedendaagsche historie of Tegenwoordige Staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden
- Aangenaame Gezichten in de vermakelyke landsdouwen van Haarlem, with engravings by Spilman and van Noorde, 1761
- Nederlandsche tafereelen; of eene keurige verzameling van negen honderd fraaije gezigten van steden, dorpen, sloten, oudheden, adelyke huizen, hofsteden, kerken, torens, poorten, gestichten, en veele andere aanzienlyke stads- en landsgebouwen; in en omtrent de zeven vereenigde Nederlandsche provintien, with engravings by Spilman, Pronk, De Beijer, and Adriaen van Swijndrecht, 1792
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References
- ^ a b c Hendrik Spilman in the RKD