Abraham van Westerveld
Dutch, 1620-1692
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Abraham Evertsz. van Westerveld, Abraham van Westerfeldt, Abraham Westerveldt, Abraham Evertsz. Westervelt, Abraham Evertsz. van Westervelt, Abraham van Westervelt was a Dutch painter and draftsman.
He was active in the years 1647–1650 in Rotterdam. In the years 1650–1653, court painter of Hetman Janusz Radziwiłł Author of many views from the territory of the Polish- Lithuanian Commonwealth, in particular the eastern parts of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (for example Kiev ) and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He accompanied the Polish army during the capture of Kiev in 1651, creating numerous drawings of the city and its surroundings on this occasion. In the years 1653–1692 he was active again in Rotterdam.
