Alexander Westerhout

Alexander Hendriksz Westerhout (1590, Gouda – 1661, Gouda), was a Dutch Golden Age glass painter.

Biography

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 Jan van den Burg.[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] [3]

References

  1. ↑ (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
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alexander Westerhout in Van der Aa
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Alexander Hendriksz. Westerhout in the RKD