Hendrick Mommers
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Hendrick Mommers was a Dutch Golden Age
landscape painter.
, who later took lessons from the more famous landscape painter Nicolaes Berchem. Mommers died at the age of 74 in 1697. Houbraken also mentions Mommers in a poem about the Bentvueghels
after the painter Dirk Visscher, who was called "Slempop". It is not clear if Houbraken intended to show that he had been Visscher's teacher, if he had shared the "Slempop" nickname, or if he was meant to be connected with another nickname, but Mommers did travel to Italy. Visscher is registered by the RKD as "Slempop" in Rome in 1707, or about the same time Houbraken was writing.
According to the RKD, Mommers became a member of the Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke in 1647, where he was last registered in 1665 when he appears to have moved to Amsterdam. He is registered as a Berchem follower and an Italy traveller (without a nickname). Dirk Maas was his pupil.
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...
landscape painter.
Biography
According to Houbraken he was a Haarlem painter of vegetable market scenes, who was the first teacher of the young painter Dirk MaasDirk Maas
Dirk Maas , was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.-Biography:According to Houbraken he was first a pupil of Hendrick Mommers, a Haarlem painter of vegetable market scenes, and then took lessons from Nicolaes Berchem, who he probably met through Mommers.. Maas became a follower of Berchem's...
, who later took lessons from the more famous landscape painter Nicolaes Berchem. Mommers died at the age of 74 in 1697. Houbraken also mentions Mommers in a poem about the Bentvueghels
Bentvueghels
The Bentvueghels were a society of mostly Dutch and Flemish artists active in Rome from about 1620 to 1720. They are also known as the Schildersbent .-Activities:...
after the painter Dirk Visscher, who was called "Slempop". It is not clear if Houbraken intended to show that he had been Visscher's teacher, if he had shared the "Slempop" nickname, or if he was meant to be connected with another nickname, but Mommers did travel to Italy. Visscher is registered by the RKD as "Slempop" in Rome in 1707, or about the same time Houbraken was writing.
According to the RKD, Mommers became a member of the Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke in 1647, where he was last registered in 1665 when he appears to have moved to Amsterdam. He is registered as a Berchem follower and an Italy traveller (without a nickname). Dirk Maas was his pupil.