Hendrick ten Oever (1639 – 1716)

• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• He was born in Zwolle as the son of David ten Oever and Marijke Molkenbuer.

• His earliest dated work is from 1657 and is a portrait of Rabo Herman Schele, a gentleman from Overijssel.

• According to the RKD he was a pupil of Eva van Marle in Zwolle.

• He was travelling to Amsterdam in 1659 where he took lessons from his cousin Cornelis de Bie along with the brothers Johan Heinrich and Theodor Roos.

• In 1665 he was back in Zwolle where he lived on the Sassenstraat across from Gesina ter Borch.

• In 1675 he married Geertruidt van der Horst there and they had 4 children.

• He is known for landscapes and cityscapes as well as portraits.

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