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Hendrick Avercamp

Dutch painter

Brief biography, in most instances from the Union List of Artist Names® Online:
Dutch painter who is the best-known exponent of the winter landscape. His lively paintings and drawings were enormously popular. Avercamp was hearing-impaired.

Artist ID number in the Union List of Artist Names®: ULAN 500030575.
The ULAN link above leads to a cataloging authority record at the Getty Research Institute.

Objects related to Hendrick Avercamp:

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel after Hendrick Avercamp

King of Bohemia on the Ice, 1766

Color etching

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