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Alexander Hendriksz Westerhout (1590 in Gouda – 1661 in Gouda), was a Dutch Golden Age glass painter.

According to Houbraken he was the teacher of Daniël Tomberg and came from Utrecht.[1] He was born in Utrecht 1588 and learned to paint there from Jan van den Burg.[2] When the glass painter Adriaan Gerritsz de Vrije died in 1643 he took over his position as curator of the stained glass windows of the Janskerk, Gouda.[2]

According to the RKD he was born in 1590 and was a glazier and curator of the stained glass windows of the Janskerk in Gouda.[3]

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