Jan Abel Wassenbergh, The Continence of Scipio, Oil on Canvas

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Jan Abel WASSENBERGH (1689-1750) "The Continence of Scipio" Oil on canvas, signed below center 92 x 107 cm unframed 99cm … Read more Jan Abel WASSENBERGH (1689-1750) "The Continence of Scipio" Oil on canvas, signed below center 92 x 107 cm unframed 99cm x 114cm framed (small old restorations) Jan Abel Wassenbergh (18 January 1689, Groningen – ca. 20 July 1750, Groningen), was an 18th-century painter from the Dutch Republic. According to Jan van Gool and the RKD he first studied law and then took drawing lessons from Jan van Dieren (of whom Van Gool had never heard of). Meeting with success, Wassenbergh traveled to Rotterdam in 1712 where he became a pupil of Adriaen van der Werff. Many of his room decorations still survive in their original installations. Their daughter Elisabet Geertruda, and son Jan Jr followed their father, while daughter Gertruida Abelia was good at fruit and flowers. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
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