Willem de Poorter (1608-1668)

• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• According to Houbraken he painted a very good Queen of Sheba, but he painted mostly still lifes.
• His surviving paintings today are mainly small historical allegories and still lifes with metal objects.
• He was registered as a painter in Haarlem in 1631 and in 1634 as a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke.
• De Poorter influenced Hendrick Martensz Sorgh.
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