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Abraham Hulk the Younger was an Anglo-Dutch landscape painter, son of the famous marinist Abraham Hulk the Elder.
Jan Lievens was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, and engraver of the Golden Age and a member of the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp.
It is known that while still very young, at the age of twelve, Lievens already created skillful paintings that amazed art lovers of Leiden. He was later friendly with Rembrandt, shared a studio with him, and painted in a similar style. Lievens was also a court painter in England and elsewhere.
Jan Leavens created genre scenes, landscapes, ceremonial portraits and sketches on various themes, as well as religious and allegorical images, which were already highly valued during his lifetime.
Johann Liss was a German painter of the first third of the 17th century. He is known as a painter, draughtsman and printmaker, who worked in Italy for much of his life, and as the son and namesake of Johann Liss, a painter at the court of the Dukes of Holstein.
Johann Liss worked primarily in the mythological genre. He is considered one of the key artists of the German Baroque and a prominent representative of the Venetian school. Early in his career, the artist traveled to the Netherlands, where he was influenced by a number of Dutch and Flemish masters. Italy inspired him to synthesize Dutch genre painting, Venetian style and Roman realism.
His paintings are in numerous European collections as well as in Russia and the United States.
Pieter van Mol was a Flemish painter and draftsman who worked in the Baroque style.
Pieter van Mol became a master and member of the Antwerp Guild of Artists of St. Luke's in 1622. Around 1631 he moved to Paris, where he opened his own studio and worked at the court of Louis XIII as a court painter. Later, among other artists under the patronage of Cardinal Mazarini, he became the organizer and one of the first members of the French Academy of Painting and Sculpture, later - the Royal Academy of Painting.
Pieter van Mol painted historical and religious subjects, portraits and allegories. His style was obviously strongly influenced by the work of Rubens.
Alexander Maximilian Seitz was a German historical painter, son of engraver Johann Baptist Seitz and father of Ludwig Seitz. He was already a pupil of Peter von Cornelius and Heinrich Maria von Hess. In 1835 Seitz travelled with Cornelius to Rome, where he joined the Nazarenes and was particularly close to Friedrich Overbeck.
Friedrich Kallmorgen was a German Impressionist painter who specialized in landscapes and cityscapes.
Oene Romkes de Jongh was a 19th century Dutch landscape painter. He is known for his detailed urban views. He painted mainly landscapes of Amsterdam and domestic scenes around Lake Eijsselmer. De Jongh was particularly influenced by Cornelis Springer.
