Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh

Hendrik Martensz Sorgh

Hendrik Martensz Sorgh
Birth name Hendrik Martensz
Born 1610
Rotterdam
Died June 28, 1670(1670-06-28) (aged 60)
Rotterdam
Nationality Netherlands
Field Painting
Movement Baroque seascapes

Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh (ca. 1610, Rotterdam — buried June 28, 1670), was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works.

Biography

He was a pupil of David Teniers the Younger and Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech.[1] Sorgh painted mostly interiors with peasants. His kitchen interiors feature elaborate still lifes. He also painted market scenes, portraits, and marine and historical scenes. Sorgh's works include, for example, A Man Writing, Interior with Jacob and Esau, and A Kitchen.

He was married to Adriaantje Hollaer, known for her portrait, painted by Rembrandt, that was pictured on the Dutch 100-guilder banknote, printed from 1947 - 1950.

References

  1. ^ (Dutch) Hendrik Martensz biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature

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