About Adriaen van der Spelt
Lived 1630 – 1673 (aged 42–43). Adriaen van der Spelt was a Dutch botanical illustrator and painter.
Adriaen van der Spelt (c. 1630 in Leiden – 1673 in Gouda), was a Dutch Golden Age flower painter.
Biography According to Houbraken, whose comments were based on the Gouda stories by Ignatius Walvis, he was an excellent flower painter born in Leiden, but his parentage was from Gouda. He spent many years at the court of Brandenburg working for Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg, but moved to Gouda to marry a third time with a nasty wife from Groningen who drove him to his grave.
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Who was Adriaen van der Spelt?
Dutch painter (1630-1673)
When was Adriaen van der Spelt born?
Adriaen van der Spelt was born in 1630 in Leiden.
When did Adriaen van der Spelt die?
Adriaen van der Spelt died in 1673 in Gouda.
What was Adriaen van der Spelt's occupation?
Adriaen van der Spelt was a botanical illustrator and painter.
What nationality was Adriaen van der Spelt?
Adriaen van der Spelt was Dutch.
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