Abraham Busschop
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Park landscape with guinea fowl, chicken and chicks, 1723
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Ducks in a landscape, Abraham Busschop 1693
Abraham Busschop or Abraham Bisschop (1670, Dordrecht – 1729, Middelburg), was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography[]
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Ceiling piece with birds (1708)
According to Houbraken he was the son of the Cornelis Bisschop and the brother of Jacobus.[1]
According to the RKD he became a member of the Middelburg Guild of St. Luke in 1715.[2] He is known for still lifes and bird and animal pieces.[2]
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References[]
- ^ (in Dutch) Abraham Busschop Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- ^ Jump up to: a b Abraham Busschop in the RKD
Notes[]
- Ceiling piece[permanent dead link] in the Dordrecht Museum
- Abraham Busschop on Artnet
Categories:
- 1670 births
- 1729 deaths
- 18th-century Dutch painters
- Dutch male painters
- Artists from Dordrecht
- Dutch bird artists
- Dutch still life painters
- Members of the Middelburg Guild of Saint Luke