Abraham Busschop
Abraham Busschop or Abraham Bisschop (1670, Dordrecht – 1729, Middelburg), was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
Park landscape with guinea fowl, chicken and chicks, 1723
Ducks in a landscape, Abraham Busschop 1693
Biography
Ceiling piece with birds (1708)
According to Houbraken he was the son of the Cornelis Bisschop and the brother of Jacobus.[1]
According to the RKD he became a member of the Middelburg Guild of St. Luke in 1715.[2] He is known for still lifes and bird and animal pieces.[2]
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References
- (in Dutch) Abraham Busschop Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- Abraham Busschop in the RKD
Notes
- Ceiling piece in the Dordrecht Museum
- Abraham Busschop on Artnet
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