Franz Wulfhagen

Franz Wulfhagen (ca.1624–1670) was a German Baroque painter and engraver.

Biography

According to Houbraken, he was born in Bremen, but he moved to Amsterdam where he became a pupil of Rembrandt. He learned to copy his style well, and thus was able to make a living from painting the rest of his life.^[1] There are no paintings by him listed in the RKD, but he is noted there as an engraver and painter of religious works.^[2] He painted many mayors of Bremen, and these paintings hang in the town hall there.^[3]

References

^ (Dutch) Franz Wulfhagen biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
^ Franz Wulfhagen in the RKD
^ The German Wikipedia article lists more references and works by this artist.

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Name	Wulfhagen, Franz
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Short description	German painter
Date of birth	1624
Place of birth
Date of death	1670
Place of death