Adriaen van der Spelt
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Adriaen van der Spelt was a Dutch Golden Age
flower painter.
According to the RKD he was a flower painter who spent the years 1664-1670 at the court of Brandenburg.
Dutch Golden Age
The Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, military and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. The first half is characterised by the Eighty Years' War till 1648...
flower painter.
Biography
According to Houbraken, whose comments were based on the Gouda stories by Ignatius Walvis, he was an excellent flower painter born in Leiden, but his parentage was from Gouda. He spent many years at the court of Brandenburg working for Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg, but moved to Gouda to marry a third time with a nasty wife from Groningen who drove him to his grave.According to the RKD he was a flower painter who spent the years 1664-1670 at the court of Brandenburg.