Johannes Vollevens II
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Johannes Vollevens II was an 18th century portrait painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

According to Houbraken he learned to paint from his father, Johannes Vollevens
Johannes Vollevens
Johannes Vollevens , was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:According to Houbraken he was born in 1654, "the same year that took Fabricius by a stroke of fate", and though there were few painters in Getruidenberg to copy from, he sketched and drew in charcoal so enthusiastically that his parents...

. According to the RKD, in 1713 he became a member, and in 1748, he became deacon of the Confrerie Pictura
Confrerie Pictura
The Confrerie Pictura was a more or less academic club of artists founded in 1656 in The Hague, by local art painters, who were unsatisfied by the Guild of Saint Luke there.-History:The guild of St...

. His selfportrait from 1754 is still in their collection (today the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten
Royal Academy of Art (The Hague)
The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague is an art academy in the Netherlands. It is the oldest art academy in Europe. Known in Dutch as "Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag" it was founded on 29 September 1682 when its predecessor, the Haagsche Teekenakademie was dissolved.- External...

 KABK). His pupils were Arent Schaasberg and Adriana Verbruggen.
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