Arnold van Boonen (1669 – 1729)

• Was a Dutch painter.
• He was born at Dordrecht.

• He was a pupil first of Arnold Verbuis, and then of Godefried Schalken.

• He painted a great number of portraits, among sitters were Peter the Great, the Elector of Mentz, the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, the Prince and Princess of Orange, the great Duke of Marlborough, and several others.

• He created large paintings for different company halls in Amsterdam and Dordrecht.
• He died in 1729. 

• The Dresden Gallery has seven works by him.

• His son, Kasper van Boonen, also painted portraits.
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