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Ferdinand Bol
1616-1680 Netherlands/Baroque
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Brief Biography-Ferdinand Bol was born in Dordrecht. One of his first tutors was Abraham Bloemaert in Utrecht. Bol later became a pupil of Rembrandt, who had a strong influence on his early works.
He painted in his studio in Amsterdam, where he produced many portrait commissions. His service was in very high demand in Amsterdam. History was another of his subjects. The portraitist Godfrey Kneller became one of his students.
He married a lady of considerable wealth, which is suspected to be why he ceased to paint in 1669. He died in Amsterdam in 1680. | |
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The Six
Regents

Aeneas at
the Court

Aegina is
Awaiting

A Scholar at
His Desk

Bacchus and
Ariadne

Petronella Elias
With
a Basket

Engel
de Ruyter

Elijah Fed by
an Angel

A Lady Playing
the Lute

Governors of
the Wine

A
Woman

Michiel
de Ruyter

Officers of
the Militia

Otto van der
Waeyen

Venus
and Adonis

Portrait of a
Lady

Portrait of a
Scholar

Portrait of a
Woman

Quirinus
Stercke

Self-
portrait

Woman Dressed
as a Huntress

The Offerng
of Gifts

Portrait of
a
Man

Venus
Presenting

Jacob's
Dream

man in golden
helmet mars

pyrrhus shows his
elephant to fabritius
