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Ferdinand Bol (1616 – 1680)

• Was a Dutch painter, etcher and draftsman.
• Ferdinand was born in Dordrecht as the son of a surgeon, Balthasar Bol.
• Bol favored historical subjects, portraits, numerous self-portraits, and single figures in exotic finery.
• Bol was first an apprentice of Jacob Cuyp in his hometown and of Abraham Bloemaert in Utrecht.
• After 1630 he studied with Rembrandt, living in his house in Sint Antoniesbreestraat.
• In 1641 Bol started his own studio.
• Bol served as a governor in a Home for Lepers.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Self-Portrait, c. 1669.
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