Abraham de Verwer

Abraham de Verwer called van Burghstrate (* between 1585 and 1600 probably in Haarlem; † 1650 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch marine painter .

Abraham de Verwer - A Dutch and English ship in front of a port.

Life

He can be traced back to Amsterdam as a painter from 1617 . His teacher is not known, but some similarities suggest that he was a student of Hendrick Cornelisz. Vroom was or was influenced by him. In 1637 and 1639 he worked in Paris . From 1641 he stayed again in Amsterdam, where he probably stayed until his death in 1650. In addition to painting, he also worked as an engineer . In addition to the usual naval pictures, he also liked to paint fantasy maritime battles.

His son Justus de Verwer also worked as a marine painter.

Works (selection)

• Amsterdam , historical museum
  • Naval battle
• Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum
  • The Battle of the Zuiderzee , 1621
  • Amsterdam East India Ship , (attributed)
• London , Government Art Collection
  • Ships on smooth seas
• London Greenwich , National Maritime Museum
  • A Dutch and English ship in front of a harbor , around 1625
  • Dutch ships on rough seas , around 1625
  • Ships on calm seas
• Mannheim , Reiss Museum
  • Ships in front of an unknown port
• Whereabouts unknown
  • The shipyard in Middelburg , 1631 (auctioned on October 21, 1952 from the Dr. F. Mannheimer collection in Amsterdam)
  • The English fleet off La Rochelle in 1628 , around 1637 (auctioned on February 4, 1991 in Amsterdam)

literature

• Achim Rietler (Ed.): The visible world. Dutch paintings of the 16th and 17th centuries . Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, Tübingen 1997, ISBN 3-8030-4015-9 (catalog of the exhibition of the same name from December 14, 1996 to February 16, 1997 in the Ulmer Museum ).