Abraham de Verwer

Abraham de Verwer (1585, Haarlem – 19 August 1650 (buried), Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter of cityscapes, (river) landscapes and seascapes.

Battle of the Zuider Zee, October 6, 1573

Biography

He was also called Abraham de Verweer van Burghstrate.^[1][2]

It is unknown who taught him to paint, but he was noted in his wife's testament in Haarlem in 1607 as a "schrijnwerker" or cabinet-maker, and in 1614 he was noted in an Amsterdam estate inventory as a painter.^[1]

He travelled in France from 1637 to 1639,^[1] and seven views along the Seine in Paris are known, as well as three more at the Musée Carnavalet and one at the Institut Néerlandais, Paris.^[1] Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, was a client who purchased two cityscapes of the Louvre and two other paintings for 400 guilders in 1639.^[1][3] Verwer returned to Amsterdam, where he obtained citizenship on 23 January 1641, and bought a house on Prinsengracht in 1642.^[1]

He was the father of the Amsterdam poet Catharina Verwers and the Amsterdam painter Justus de Verwer.^[1][4]

He was buried in the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam.^[1][2]

• Two views of Paris in about 1640 (Musée Carnavalet)
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  The Grande Galerie of the Louvre
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  The Hôtel de Nevers (left bank) and the Tour de Nesle