Abraham de Vries

Abraham de Vries (ca.1590–ca.1655) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

De Vries was born in Rotterdam. According to the RKD he became a member of the Confrerie Pictura in 1644, and is known for portraits and landscapes.^[1]

Some of his works are displayed at the National Gallery of Victoria.^[2] A painting at the Beecroft Art Gallery shows use of his thumb to apply paint to a lace collar in a portrait.^[3] He painted several wedding portraits in which the man is situated on the left and the woman on the right.^[4] Various sources indicate De Vries died in either 1650 or 1662, in The Hague.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Abraham de Vries in the RKD
^ "Abraham de Vries at the National Gallery of Victoria". http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/tsearch?oldartistid=557337&imageset=1. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
^ Nicepaintings
^ A pair of wedding portraits purchased by the Vereniging Rembrandt

Abraham de Vries on Artnet
Portrait of a man at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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