Adriaen van de Venne Delft 1589-The Hague 1662
Dutch painter, draughtsman and poet. De Bie's account (1661) is the only known source on van de Venne's youth and training. He was born of 'worthy' parents who had fled to Delft from the southern Netherlands to escape war and religious strife. Inspired by his early study of Latin to become an illustrator, he was partly self-taught but also received instruction in painting and illumination from the otherwise unrecorded Leiden goldsmith and painter Simon de Valck. His second teacher, Hieronymus van Diest, Allegory of the Truce of 1609 Between the Archduke of Austria (mk05) Wood,24 1/2 x 44 1/2''(62 x 113 cm)Collection of Louis XIV before 1683 INV
