Govert Dircksz Camphuysen
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Dokkum
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in 1624, and died in Amsterdam in 1672, was an animal painter
Animal painter
An animal painter is an artist who specializes in or is known for their skill in the portrayal of animals, essentially up to about 1900. During the last century "wildlife artist" became the preferred term for contemporary animal painters....
, whose style was influenced by Paulus Potter
Paulus Potter
Paulus Potter was a Dutch painter, specialized in animals in landscapes, usually with a low point of view. Before Potter died of tuberculosis, 28-years old, he succeeded in producing about a hundred paintings, working continuously.-Life:Few details are known of Potter's life...
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When his father Dirck Rafaelsz Camphuysen died in 1627 his mother moved with the children to Amsterdam. Camphuyzen lived in the Jordaan
Jordaan
The Jordaan is a district of the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The area is bordered by the Lijnbaansgracht canal to the west, the Prinsengracht to the east, the Brouwersgracht to the north and the Leidsegracht to the south...
. In 1643 he painted portraits. He married in 1647 and left the city around 1650, not long after he became a poorter
Poorter
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. By that time he was living in Kalverstraat
Kalverstraat
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and probably in financial trouble. He portraited queen Hedvig Eleonora in Stockholm, but Camphuyzen is most famous for his stables, with farmers and farmerswifes.
A painting in the Dulwich Gallery
Dulwich Picture Gallery
Dulwich Picture Gallery is an art gallery in Dulwich, South London. England's first purpose-built public art gallery, it was designed by Regency architect Sir John Soane and opened to the public in 1817. Soane arranged the exhibition spaces as a series of interlinked rooms illuminated naturally...
of 'Peasants with cows before a cottage,' with a forged signature of Paulus Potter, is attributed to Camphuysen; in the Rotterdam Museum
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
The Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is the main art museum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The museum began in 1847 with the collection of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans . Much of the museum's original collection was destroyed in a disastrous 1864 fire...
is a picture of 'Peasants before an Inn,' signed G. Camphuijsen; the Brussels Gallery
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
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has an 'Interior of a Farm,' signed with his name and dated 1650; and a painting of 'Peasants and Cattle before an Inn' in the Cassel Gallery
Fridericianum
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is also attributed to him. In the Hermitage
Hermitage Museum
The State Hermitage is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. One of the largest and oldest museums of the world, it was founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great and has been opened to the public since 1852. Its collections, of which only a small part is on permanent display,...
, St. Petersburg, are two Interiors of Cow-sheds, both bearing his signature.
Govaert Camphuysen's works are scarce; probably some of them are known as paintings by Paulus Potter; and others are attributed to his father, Dirk Raphaelsz. He was buried on 4 July 1672 from his house on Lastage
Lastage
Lastage is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands....
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