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BLOEMAERT, ABRAHAM (15641651) , Dutch painter and engraver, was born at Gorinchem , the son of an architect. He was first a pupil See Also: - PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for "
doll ," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects) of Gerrit Splinter (pupil See Also: - PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for "
doll ," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects) of Frans Floris ) and of Joos de Beer, at Utrecht . He then spent three years in Paris, studying under several masters, and on his return to his native country received further training from Hieronymus Francken. In 1591 he went to Amsterdam , and four years later settled finally at Utrecht , where he became dean of the Gild of St Luke . He excelled more as a colourist than as a draughtsman, was extremely productive, and painted and etched historical and allegorical pictures, landscapes, still-life , animal pictures and flower pieces. Among his pupils are his four sons, Hendrick, Frederick, Cornelis and Adriaan (all of whom achieved consider-able reputation as painters or engravers), the two Honthorsts and Jacob G. Cuyp.
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