About Samuel Hoffmann
Lived 1591 – 1648 (aged 56–57). Samuel Hoffmann was a Swiss painter.
Katharina von Mülinen (1597 -1620), painted by Hoffman in 1617. Samuel Hoffmann (1591, Zürich – 1648, Frankfurt), was a Baroque painter from Zurich.
Biography According to Houbraken he travelled to Antwerp to learn painting in the studio of Rubens, and set up a workshop in Amsterdam, where he married in 1628. He then travelled with his wife to his native Zurich where he was successful as a portrait painter. He painted for the Duke of Milan (possibly Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy), and then travelled to Frankfurt where he painted a large piece for the city hall there, but he died of podagra (gout) in 1640. His wife and daughter (who was a painter) returned to Amsterdam.
According to the RKD he was in Amsterdam from 1614-1622.
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Who was Samuel Hoffmann?
Swiss Baroque painter
When was Samuel Hoffmann born?
Samuel Hoffmann was born in 1591 in Sennwald.
When did Samuel Hoffmann die?
Samuel Hoffmann died in 1648 in Frankfurt.
What was Samuel Hoffmann's occupation?
Samuel Hoffmann was a painter.
What nationality was Samuel Hoffmann?
Samuel Hoffmann was Swiss.
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