Artist

Barend van der Meer

Portrait of Barend van der Meer
Portrait of Barend van der Meer

Dutch, 1659–1702

Barend van der Meer was a Dutch Dutch Golden Age artist. 4 works are cataloged here, principally at Bavarian State Painting Collections. Barend van der Meer was born in Haarlem.

Barend van der Meer (1659–1700) was a Dutch Golden Age still life painter. Van der Meer was born and died in Haarlem. According to the RKD he was taught by his father Jan van der Meer I and became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1681.

In 1683 he married and moved to Amsterdam. He was a follower of Willem Kalf and is known for still-life paintings and vanitas pieces. He was the brother of the landscape painter Jan Vermeer van Haarlem.

Collections represented

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