Herman Van Swanevelt

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Place: Woerden

Born: 1604

Death: 1655

Biography:

Herman van Swanevelt (1603 – 1655) was a Dutch painter and etcher from the Baroque era. Herman was born in Woerden to a family of thriving artisans whose ancestors included the famous painter Lucas van Leyden. The identity of Swanevelt’s teacher remains a mystery. A new hypothesis suggests that he was a pupil of Willem Buytewech. He painted his fir...

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