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Dutch painter (1619–1668)

For the World War II cargo ship, see MV Philips Wouwerman.

Philips Wouwerman (also Wouwermans) (24 May 1619 (baptized) – 19 May 1668) was a Dutch painter of hunting, landscape and battle scenes.

He became prolific during the Dutch Golden Age and joined the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke.

Biography.

Born in Haarlem, the son of the painter Paulus Wouwerman, he was probably trained by his father and by Frans Hals.

Philips Wouwerman(s) was undoubtedly the most accomplished and successful Dutch painter of equestrian scenes in the 17th century.

Wouwerman, Philips.

The Haarlem artist Philips Wouwerman was a celebrated and prolific artist, who specialised in landscapes that almost featured one or more horses in a key.

Life and work

Philips Wouwerman was one of the most versatile and prolific artists of the Dutch Golden Age. Embedded in the artistic environment and tradition of his home town of Haarlem, Wouwerman made an important and highly influential contribution to the canon of seventeenth-century Dutch painting.

His pictures were in demand during his lifetime, and even more sought after in the 18th century. Throughout Europe, formerly princely art collections like in Dresden and St. Petersburg still bear witness to this widespread admiration of Wouwerman's art.^[1]

Born in Haarlem in 1619, the son of a now altogether obscure painter named Pouwel