Willem Grasdorp [SEP] date of death
Willem Grasdorp
Willem Grasdorp (1678 in Zwolle – 1723 in Amsterdam), was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography.
According to Houbraken after the death of his father, his mother and stepfather apprenticed him in Amsterdam for three years to learn flower painting. Houbraken wrote five pages about the abusive relationship in 1697 between Willem Grasdorp and his teacher Ernst Stuven there. When Grasdorp tried to escape, Stuven prevented this and when Grasdorp's mother came from Zwolle and called upon the local authorities,
His works sold well and he got married, and though Houbraken mentions "children", no known sons are listed as pupils. Houbraken mentions in his biography of Elias van den Broeck that he had been Stuven's first and best pupil (c. 1665). Stuven's pupils according to the RKD were Herman van der Mijn, J.W. Windtraken, and Willem Grasdorp.
Houbraken wrote five pages about the abusive relationship in 1697 between Willem Grasdorp and Ernst Stuven. When Grasdorp tried to escape, Stuven prevented this and when Grasdorp