Cornelis Brouwer

Cornelis Brouwer (ca. 1615, in Rotterdam 1681, in Rotterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken he had been a Rembrandt pupil and was a friend of Eglon van der Neer who was Adriaen van der Werff's teacher for three years.[1] While visiting with van der Neer, who took his pupil along on trips to Leiden and Amsterdam, Brouwer met Adriaen van der Werff and in 1676 helped the seventeen-year-old by taking his self-portrait and showing it to all of his art friends in Rotterdam, who were amazed at the ability of such a young man.[1]

According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD) he is known for genre works and historical allegories of the Rembrandt school.[2] He is sometimes confused with Justus Brouwer.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 (in Dutch) Cornelis Brouwer Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. 1 2 Cornelis Brouwer in the RKD
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