Francois Verwilt

Place: Rotterdam

Death: 1691

Biography:

François Verwilt (c.1623 in Rotterdam - 8 August 1691 in Rotterdam) was as a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. He was the son of the painter Adriaan Verwilt of Antwerp and was apprenticed to Cornelius van Poelenburgh in Utrecht together with Jan van der Lijs, among others. He is considered part of the 'Poelenburch landscape school'. He lived mostly in Rotterdam, but is registered in Zeeland, where he worked in Vlissingen, Middelburg, and Veere. He became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in Rotterdam in 1646.