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Abraham Matthys

Portrait
Name:Abraham Matthys
Name variants:Matthyssens / Matysens
Gender:male
Born:Antwerpen
Died:Antwerpen
Father:Hendrick Matthijs (? - ?)
Mother:Margaretha van Roubergen (? - ?)

Occupations:

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Attributes

Category Attribute Value Date startDate end
Religion DenominationRoman Catholic
Subject of painting Historiehistoriestukken
Subject of painting Historiereligieuze figuren
Subject of painting Marinezeegezichten
Subject of painting Marineschepen
Subject of painting Portretportretten
Subject of painting Stillevenstillevens

Relations

Relation Modifier Date startDate end
Education and training
master of Hendrick Moerentorf, alias: Henricus Moretuscertain
master of Johannes Princen, alias: Jan Prins / Joannes Prince / Johannes Printzencertain
master of Gillis Corenaers, alias: Corenaerts / Cornaertscertain
master of Jan Francx, alias: Francq / Franckcertain
master of Cornelis Mertenscertain
pupil of Tobias Verhaecht, alias: van Haechtcertain

References

External biographical records

Primary sources

  1. Duverger, Erik, Antwerpse kunstinventarissen uit de zeventiende eeuw (12 vols.), [Fontes historiae artis Neerlandicae / Bronnen voor de kunstgeschiedenis van de Nederlanden 1-12], Brussel: (1984-2002), volume 6: 33-34 (31-8-1649), volume 6: 44-55 (22-9-1649) & volume 6: 170-172 (28-1-1651)
  2. Verzameling der graf- en gedenkschriften van de provincie Antwerpen = Inscriptions funéraires et monumentales de la province d'Anvers (11 vols.), Antwerpen / Anvers: J.E. Buschmann (1856-1903), volume 6: 189
  3. Rombouts, Ph. & Van Lerius, Th., De Liggeren en andere historische archieven der Antwerpsche Sint Lucasgilde onder de zinspreuk: Wt ionsten versaemt (2 vols.), Antwerpen: Baggerman; ’s Gravenhage: Nijhoff (1864-1876), volume 1: 366, 559, 560 & 561 & volume 2: 15, 41, 53, 59, 64, 86, 105, 153, 163 & 210

Secondary sources

  1. Groenendijk, Pieter, Beknopt biografisch lexicon van Zuid- en Noord-Nederlandse schilders, graveurs, glasschilders, tapijtwevers et cetera van ca. 1350 tot ca. 1720, Leiden: Primavera (2008)
  2. Thieme, Ulrich & Becker, Felix, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Band 24, Leipzig: Engelmann (1930), 264-265
  3. Van den Branden, F. Jos., Geschiedenis der Antwerpsche Schilderschool, Antwerpen: J.E. Buschmann (1883). <URL: http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/vandenbranden1883>, 633-636, 1277 & 1373
  4. Roberts-Jones, Philippe, De Wilde, Éliane & Dechaux, Carine (eds.) Le dictionnaire des peintres belges du XIVe siècle à nos jours : depuis les premiers maîtres des anciens Pays-Bas méridionaux et de la principauté de Liège jusqu’aux artistes contemporains, Bruxelles: La Renaissance du Livre (1995), (édition en ligne). <URL: http://balat.kikirpa.be/peintres/>, 3810
  5. De Maere, J. & Webbes, M., Martin, Jennifer A. (ed.) Illustrated dictionary of 17th century Flemish painters (3 vols.), Brussels: La Renaissance du Livre (1994)
  6. Preston, Rupert, The seventeenth century marine painters of the Netherlands, Leigh-on-Sea: Lewis (1974)