Adriaen van de Venne

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Fishers of Men. 1614. Oil on panel.

Adriaen van de Venne (1589–1662) was a Dutch Baroque painter. He lived in Middelburg from 1614 and was influenced by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Pieter Brueghel the Elder. He worked as a book illustrator and print designer. Van de Venne moved to The Hague and joined the Guild of Saint Luke in 1625, taking the position of dean in 1637.

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