Govert Dircksz Camphuysen [SEP] place of death
Govert Dircksz Camphuysen
Govert Dircksz Camphuysen (born at Dokkum in 1624, and died in Amsterdam in 1672) was an animal painter, whose style was influenced by Paulus Potter.
When his father Dirck Rafaelsz Camphuysen died in 1627, his mother moved with the children to Amsterdam. Camphuyzen lived in the Jordaan. In 1643 he painted portraits. He married in 1647 and left the city around 1650, not long after he became a poorter. By that time he was living in Kalverstraat and probably in financial trouble. He
Camphuysen
Camphuysen is a Dutch surname and the name of a 17th-century family of painters:
- Dirk Rafaelsz Camphuysen (1586–1627), Dutch painter, poet and theologian
- Govert Dircksz Camphuysen (1624–1672), Dutch animal painter, son of Dirk
- Joachim Govertsz Camphuysen (1601–1659), Dutch landscape painter, brother of Rafaël, nephew of Dirk
- Rafaël Govertsz Camphuysen (1597–1657), Dutch landscape painter, brother of Joachim, nephew of Dirk
See also.
- Jan Kamphuijsen (1760–1841