Discover painter, draftsperson, etcher David van der Plas

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: Plaas, David van der
Plaats, David van der
Plaes, David van der
Plaets, David van der

Qualifications: painter, draftsperson, etcher, art dealer (person)
His estate contained many (possibly autograph) paintings. There is reason to beleive that he also was an art-dealer: in 1700 he received money from the Tsar of Russia, possibly for a conseignment of paintings (Gerson 1942/1983, p. 518).

Nationality/school: North Netherlandish

Born: Amsterdam (city) 1647-12-11
Houbraken 1721

Deceased: Amsterdam (city) 1704-05-18
Houbraken 1721; his collection was sold at his house on 17 September 1704 (Van der Willigen 1867)

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Hans van der Plaes (not the son of the sculptor Abraham van der Plas) and Sara Stevens (1611-1681); brother of Jannetje van der Plas and the painter Pieter van der Plas II, and brother-in-law of Govert van der Leeuw. On 10 March 1684, at the age of 36, he posted banns with Cornelia van der Gon (1645-1701) from Haarlem; they married on 26 March 1684 in Diemen (De Vries 1885).

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

Mortier, Pieter (I)

was employed by Pieter Mortier (Houbraken 1721)

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Amsterdam (stad) 1667 - 1704
c. 1667-1704
Leiden (stad) 1696

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died in

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Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Appel, Jacob (I)

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: portrait, genre

Medium/technique: oil paint

Literature

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 3 (1721), p. 180, 229-231, 307 (as; David van der Plaas)
Kramm 1857-1864 , vol. 5 (1861), 1289-1290
Bredius 1915-1921 , vol. 5 (1918), p. 1788-1797
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 27 (1933), p. 136
Waller 1938/1974 , p. 256
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 518
Hollstein et al. 1949-2010 , vol. 17 (1976), p. 119-120
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

A. van der Willigen, 'Korte berigten over eenige Hollandse kunstenaars', Nederlandsche Spectator 1867 p. 147-149, 157-159, 161-163, esp. p. 149
G. Upmark, ‘Ein Besuch in Holland 1687 aus den Reiseschilderungen des schwedischen Architekten Nicodemus Tessin d.J.’, Oud Holland 18 (1900), p. 117-128; 144-152 and 199-210, esp. p. 126
A.D. de Vries Azn., 'Biografische aanteekeningen betreffende voornamelijk Amsterdamsche schilders, plaatsnijders, enz. en hunne verwanten' (IV), Oud-Holland 3 (1885), p. 303-312; p. 308
S.A.C. Dudok van Heel, 'Ruim honderd advertenties van kunstverkopingen uit de Amsterdamsche Courant 1711-1725', Jaarboek Amstelodamum 69 (1977), p. 107-122; p. 108

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Project: Gerson Digital : Russia

External links: this artist in Ecartico

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Creation date: 1994-02-08; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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