Verwer, de, family
De Verwer, a Dutch Mennonite family name, found at Zaandam and Amsterdam. Abraham de Verwer, b. before 1600, d. August 1650, a member of the Amsterdam Waterlander congregation, was a painter, particularly of naval combats. Two of his works, a naval combat and a view of a sailship, are found at the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum. His drawings have greater merit than his canvasses. In 1639-1641 he was in Paris, where he painted and sketched some views of the town. His son Justus de Verwer (ca. 1626-ca. 1686), first living at Amsterdam, later at Gouda, of whom it is not known that he was a member of the church, was also a painter.
Jacob de Verwer (1829-1871) of Zaandam was trained for the ministry at the Amsterdam Mennonite Seminary and served as pastor at Baard 1854-1856 and De Rijp 1856-d. 1871.
Bibliography
Thieme, Ulrich. Allgemeine Lexikon der bildenden Kunstler XXXIV. Leipzig, 1940: 306.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1959). Verwer, de, family. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Verwer,_de,_family&oldid=85750.
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