Matthias Scheits, ca. (1625–ca. 1700)

• Was a German Baroque painter.

• He was born in Hamburg.

• According to Houbraken he was in Hamburg while Johannes Voorhout was there.

• Scheits had initially trained in Haarlem under Philips Wouwerman.

• Voorhout met him while he was working on historical sketches that were later published under his own name.

• According to the RKD he was the teacher of the painter Adam de Manyoki.

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