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Abraham van Beijeren · c. 1640–1650
Abraham van Beijeren: 1620–1690
Other names (62)
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Biography
Abraham Hendriksz van Beijeren (c. 1620 – March 1690) was a Dutch painter and drafter. Little recognized in his day, Van Beijeren is considered one of the most important painters of pronkstilleven style still lifes.
Van Beijeren was born around 1620 in The Hague to Hendrick Gillisz van Beyeren, a painter, and Anneke Dircxz. In 1636, Van Beijeren began training under Tyman Arentsz. Cracht. Settling in Leiden in 1638, the following year Van Beijeren married his first wife Emmerentia Stercke the following year. Returning to The Hague in 1640, the couple had three daughters before Stercke\s death in 1647.
On 3 February 1647, Van den Queborn married the still life painter Anna van den Queborn with whom he had at least one son, Bredius, who died in infancy. Van den Queborn was the daughter of the portrait painter and engraver Crispijn van den Queborn, the paternal granddaughter of the painter Daniël van den Queborn, and the niece of the painter Pieter de Putter. De Putter may have been the source of van Beijeren's initial interest in the genre of fish still lifes as well as his tutor in this genre.
Van Beijeren's initial works were marine and fish still life paintings.
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Abraham van Beijeren. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- Musée du Louvre4 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts — Lille3 recorded works
- Academy of Fine Arts Vienna2 recorded works
- musée des Beaux-Arts — Strasbourg2 recorded works
- Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts2 recorded works
- Château-musée — Dieppe1 recorded work
- Minneapolis Institute of Art1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts et d'archéologie — Besançon1 recorded work
- The Cleveland Museum of Art1 recorded work
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art1 recorded work
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- Wikidata (CC0)
- Austrian museum collections: independent authority research
- Painter cultural affiliation distinguished from recorded birthplace
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Expanded artwork research — official museum evidence
- Austrian museum collections: independent authority research
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Louvre painter identity and WikiArt profile links
