Alexander Westerhout
Alexander Hendriksz Westerhout (1590 in Gouda – 1661 in Gouda), was a Dutch Golden Age glass painter.
According to Houbraken he was the teacher of Daniël Tomberg and came from Utrecht.[1] He was born in Utrecht 1588 and learned to paint there from .[2] When the glass painter Adriaan Gerritsz de Vrije died in 1643 he took over his position as curator of the stained glass windows of the Janskerk, Gouda.[2]
According to the RKD he was born in 1590 and was a glazier and curator of the stained glass windows of the Janskerk in Gouda.[3]
References[]
- ^ (in Dutch) Westerhoud van Uitrecht mentioned in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- ^ a b Alexander Westerhout in Van der Aa
- ^ Alexander Hendriksz. Westerhout in the RKD
Categories:
- 1590 births
- 1661 deaths
- Dutch Golden Age painters
- Dutch male painters
- People from Gouda, South Holland