Herman Verelst (1641–1702)

• Was a Dutch painter.
• He was born in Dordrecht.
• Herman was the son of Pieter Hermansz Verelst.
• He was the second of three sons who became painters: the other two were Simon and Johannes. 

• He became a pupil in the Confrerie Pictura in 1663.

• The brotherhood was founded by his father, who taught all three sons.
• In 1667 Verelst married, living in Kalverstraat, a woman from Venice.
• He had two children baptized in the nearby Westerkerk.
• Verelst is known for portraits and still life paintings.
• He worked in Amsterdam, Italy, Ljubljana, Paris and Vienna before moving to London in 1683.
• It is suggested Louis Michiel was his pupil.
• Some of his children, Cornelis and Maria Verelst, also became painters.

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