Portret van Abram Toorenvliet
Medium
paper
Dimensions
173; 140
About this artwork
mezzotint
About the Artist
Jacob Toorenvliet
**Jacob Toorenvliet (1640–1719)** Jacob Toorenvliet was baptized on 1 July 1640 in Leiden, in the Dutch Republic, the son of Abraham Toorenvliet, a prominent glass painter, drawing master, and member of both the Glassmakers’ Guild and the Guild of Saint Luke. He learned the rudiments of painting from his father, who also instructed artists like Frans van Mieris the Elder and Matthijs Naiveu, befo...