Wilhelm Van Bemmel - Artist Info

About Wilhelm Van Bemmel

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Willem Van Bemmel
  • Biography

    Willem van Bemmel was born in Utrecht in 1630. He was the younger brother of landscape painter Jacob Gerritsz van Bemmel (1628-1673), of Utrecht. Both studied under Herman Saftleven between 1645 and 1647. Willem also travelled to Italy, spending the years 1647-1649 in Venice, and 1649-1653 in Rome. He was in Kassel between 1656 and 1662, and in 1662 moved to Augsburg before settling in Nuremberg, where he married. Wilhelm Van Bemmel is best known for his Italianate landscapes and is the originator of the German von Bemmel family of painters of Nuremberg

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