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Abraham de Heusch (1635, Utrecht – April 30, 1712, Leerdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken he painted all sorts of plants, salamanders, snakes and other animals in small chapels and ruins in a natural manner.[1] He married in Dordrecht, and when his wife died he joined the navy.[1] He then remarried and returned to Leerdam where he lived off rents and died the mayor of that town.[1]

According to the RKD he was a pupil of the painter Christiaen Striep in Amsterdam, and worked in Dordrecht and with the Dutch navy before moving to Leerdam.[2] No known works survive.

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References

• Abraham de Heusch on website of the Historical Society of Leerdam

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