Philips Wouwerman ART FOR SALE

1619 Haarlem, Holland - 1668 Haarlem, Holland. Known for: Landscape, horses, battle and hunting scene painting.

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Wouwerman was Dutch painter and draughtsman. He was the eldest son of the painter Paulus [Pauwels] Joostens Wouwerman of Alkmaar (d 28 Sept 1642), whose two other sons, Pieter Wouwerman (1623-82) and Johannes Wouwerman (1629-66), also became painters. Philips probably received his first painting lessons from his father, none of whose work has been identified. According to Cornelis de Bie, Wouwerman was next apprenticed to Frans Hals, although no trace of Hals's influence is discernible in Wouwerman's work. Wouwerman is also reputed to have spent several weeks in 1638 or 1639 working in Hamburg in the studio of the German history painter Evert Decker (d 1647). While in Hamburg, he married Annetje Pietersz. van Broeckhof. On 4 September 1640... Read full biography

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"The Blacksmith Shop"

Type:Painting

Year:circa 18th century

Size:17.75" x 21.00"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Unsigned

Notes:

The original Wouwerman painting, “The Blacksmith Shop” (ca. 1645) has for centuries been unlocated. Wouwerman specialist Dr. Birgit Schumacher has suggested that the Santa Fe Wouwerman, an 18th c. master's copy, is likely the closest to the original lost Wouwerman and likely painted from it.

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