was a Flemish late Renaissance painter, mainly of landscapes and, to a lesser extent, of architectural paintings. He learned to paint from his father, the landscape painter Jacob Grimmer. His father Jacob Grimmer had established a name for himself by imitating the work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder on small panel pictures and selling these on the market at low prices. A favourite theme of Abel Grimmer was the Tower of Babel of which he produced several versions, clearly inspired by Pieter Bruegel the Elder's treatment of the same subject.
Attributed to Abel Grimmer - The Marketplace in Bergen op Zoom, probably (1590 and 1597)
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Attributed to Abel Grimmer - The Marketplace in Bergen op Zoom, probably (1590 and 1597)