Gerhard Jan Palthe

Gerard Jan Palthe based on a self-portrait by candlelight, engraving from Jan van Gool's Nieuwe Schouburg, 1750

Gerhard Jan Palthe (21 July 1681 in Denekamp 30 July 1767 in Deventer), was an 18th-century painter and portraitist from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

He was the son of a clergyman of the Walloon church. He studied with Jurriaen Pool the younger and also with Gerrit Dou. He worked for a while in Amsterdam, then in Denekamp where he married on 7 October 1714 Lena Leferink, moved to Delden and settled definitely in Deventer. He was a follower of Godfried Schalcken and made scenes by candlelight.[1] but he is more known for his portraits.

He was the father of

Gerhard Jan Palthe and his son Jan are often mistaken and paintings ill attributed

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