Joan van der Spriet ( – ) was a Dutch painter who specialised in portrait painting. According to Arnold Houbraken, Spriet grew up in a Delft orphanage and became a pupil of Jan Verkolje. He was a portrait painter who moved to England and, after marrying there, settled there. Joan van der Spriet Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History, Spriet was also a printmaker, but no known works survive.Joan van der Spriet in the Netherlands Institute for Art History
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