pieter van ruijven
Van Ruijven was the son of a brewer and a Remonstrant. In 1653 he married Maria de Knuijt. The couple had one daughter named Magdalena, born in 1655. Like his father, he worked for the city institution, the Camer van Charitate (1668–1672). In 1657, he lent Vermeer 200 guilders.
In 1680 his daughter Magdalena van Ruijven married Jacob Abrahamsz Dissius, a bookbinder. His father owned a printing press on the Market square, close to Maria Thins.
Magdalena had 20 of Vermeer's works in her estate at her death, inherited from her father.
Magdalena van Ruijven died in 1682, one year after her mother. Her spouse inherited most of her wealth, including 20 paintings by Vermeer. In 1683, the estate was divided by Dissius and his father.[2] In 1694 Abraham Dissius was buried, his son Jacob died the year after.
On May 16, 1696, twenty-one paintings by Ve…more
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Johannes Vermeer
A Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial genre painter in his lifetime. He evidently was not wealthy, leaving his wife and children in debt at his death, perhaps becau...
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Griet
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Pieter Van Ruijven
Pieter Claesz. van Ruijven (Delft, 1624 - Delft, August 7, 1674) is best known as Johannes Vermeers patron for the better part of the artists career.Van Ruijven was the son of a brewer and a Remonstrant. In 1653 he married Maria de Knuijt. The...
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Catharina Bolnes
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Maria Thins
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Maertge Vermeer
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Cornelia Vermeer
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