Abraham Busschop

Park landscape with guinea fowl, chicken and chicks, 1723

Abraham Busschop (1670, Dordrecht – 1729, Middelburg), was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

Ceiling piece with birds (1708)

According to Houbraken he was the son of the Cornelis Bisschop and the brother of Jacobus.[1][1]

According to the RKD he became a member of the Middelburg Guild of St. Luke in 1715.[2] He is known for still lifes and bird and animal pieces.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 (Dutch) Abraham Busschop 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 Abraham Busschop in the RKD

Notes

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