About Johan Starrenberg
Lived 1650 – 1691 (aged 40–41). Johan Starrenberg was a Dutch painter.
Johan Starrenberg (c1650, Groningen – after 1691, The Hague), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography According to Houbraken he painted rough portraits that were "better seen from a distance", and enjoyed the patronage of the Stadtholder of Friesland, Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz. He was a friend of the painter Jacob de Wolf who commit suicide in 1685.
According to the RKD he was in Groningen from 1670 to 1681, and in 1681 he became a member of the Confrerie Pictura in the Hague, where he was also registered from 1690 to 1691.
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Who was Johan Starrenberg?
Dutch painter (1650-1691)
When was Johan Starrenberg born?
Johan Starrenberg was born in 1650.
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Johan Starrenberg died in 1691.
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Johan Starrenberg was a painter.
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Johan Starrenberg was Dutch.
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