Author: OVENS, JÜRGEN. Schmidt, Harry.
Title: Jürgen Ovens. Sein Leben und seine Werke. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der niederländischen Malerei im XVII. Jahrhundert.
Description: Kiel, [Self-published by the author], [1922]. IX,294 pp.B./w. frontispiece (portrait) & 60 plts with 96 b./w. ills and 12 signatures. Re-bound in modern hardcover (brown cloth, gilt lettered on the spine, orig. front cover mounted on cover). 4to. - Some foxing.Original 1922 edition. - - Important monograph on Jürgen Ovens (1623 - 9 December 1678), also known as Georg, or Jurriaen Ovens whilst in the Netherlands. Ovens was a portrait painter and art-dealer from North Frisia and, according to Arnold Houbraken, a pupil of Rembrandt. He is best known for his painting in the city hall of Amsterdam and paintings for the Dukes of Holstein-Gottorp for whom he worked for more than 30 years, also as an art dealer.

Keywords: Dutch Art Ovens Nederlandse kunst