Abraham Teerlink

Landschap met vee (landscape with cattle) on display at the Teylers Museum. Abraham Teerlink (Dordrecht, 5 November 1776 -- Rome, 26 May 1857 or July 1857 ) was a 19th-century painter and draughtsman from the Netherlands.

Life and work Abraham Teerlink jr. was the son in the middle-class family of Abraham Teerlink sr. and Johanna Smits. and later by J. Kelderman and Arie Lamme. He started with copying works of famous artists (under supervision of the mentioned tutors), but developed into a landscape painter, with his own compositions of landscapes often with cattle. In 1807 he received as one of three young painters in the Kingdom Holland a Prix de Rome, and hence received from King Louis Napoleon a stipend to travel to and study in Paris and Rome. He left for two years to Paris and Rome. In Paris he spent 1,5 year, copying and studying paintings from the Louvre and the Academy under supervision of the popular professor Jacques-Louis David, along with his compatriot from Dordrecht, Leendert de Koningh. He then travelled to Rome where he was able to find work in 1809, and remained there longer than planned. Once abroad he also spent time on poetry (in French). "Eene Magdalena", after Titian