Anthonie Palamedesz (1601–1673)

• Birth name Antonius Stevens.
• He was a Dutch portrait and genre painter.
• He was born in Leith, Scotland as the son of Palamedes Willemsz. Stevens and Marie Arsene.
• His father was a sculptor, stone cutter and court artist who was likely Flemish.
• The couple had three children: Guilliaem, who became a tailor, Anthonie and Palamedes I who also became a painter.
• His father was a sculptor, stone cutter and court artist who was likely Flemish.
• After Anthonie's youngest brother Palamedes was born, the family left Scotland and established themselves in Delft in the Dutch Republic.
• Anthonie was taught by the leading portrait painter Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt and the history and genre painter Hans Jordaens.
• He entered the Delft Guild of St. Luke in 1621 or 1636 and was hoofdman (deacon) of the Guild in 1635, 1658, 1663 and 1672.
• Anthonie married Anna Joosten van Hoorndijck on 16 March 1630 in Delft.
• The couple had six children of whom a son called Palamedes Palamedesz. II.
• After the death of his first wife, he married again in 1658 to Agata Woodward.
• His pupils included his younger brother Palamedes, and the painter Ludolf de Jongh.
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