About Hendrik Graauw
Lived 1627 – 1693 (aged 65–66). Hendrik Graauw was a Dutch painter.
Hendrik Graauw (c.1627– 1693) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography Graauw was born in Hoorn. According to Houbraken, he first learned to paint from Pieter de Grebber in Haarlem. He then went to work for Jacob van Campen for eight years, until John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen returned from his travels and asked both van Campen and de Grebber to paint the cupola of the Huis ten Bosch. In 1648 he left for Rome where he copied many of the old masters and after three years he packed up his gear and returned North to Amsterdam, where he lived until the French invasion in 1672 (rampjaar), whereupon he evacuated to Hoorn. He died in Alkmaar.
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Who was Hendrik Graauw?
Dutch painter
When was Hendrik Graauw born?
Hendrik Graauw was born in 1627 in Hoorn.
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Hendrik Graauw died in 1693 in Alkmaar.
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Hendrik Graauw was a painter.
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Hendrik Graauw was Dutch.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Hendrik Graauw. https://biography.guide/hendrik-graauw/
MLA: "Hendrik Graauw." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/hendrik-graauw/.
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