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Abraham van Beyeren (1620-21 - 1690)

• Was a Dutch Baroque painter of still lifes.
• He was born in The Hague.
• Abraham van Beijeren trained with Tyman Arentsz. Cracht in 1636.
• He lived in Leiden in 1638-1639.
• In 1639 he married Emmerentia Stercke.
• He was back in The Hague in 1640 where he became a master of the local Guild of Saint Luke.
• After the death of his first wife he was left to raise three daughters.
• He married with Anna van den Queborn in 1647.
• His second wife was a painter and daughter of the painter Crispijn van den Queborn. 
• He often worked on a larger scale than his Dutch contemporaries with his tall canvasses reaching a height of one meter.
• Van Beijeren died in Overschie in 1690.
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