Adriaen van Eemont (circa1626 – 10 September 1662) was a Dutch Golden Age painter from Dordrecht who focused on subjects such as landscapes, plants, birds and fruit. He was married Maria Cauw (died before 1667) in Amsterdam on 7 June 1658.
Biography Van Eemont was born and died in Dordrecht. According to Houbraken he was "as good a bird painter as Melchior d'Hondecoeter. Adriaan van Emont Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature Houbraken had mentioned him twice earlier; as a specialist in painting water birds and plants, and as the teacher of the Dordrecht painter Johannes Offermans.Eemont in Houbraken's Roelant Savry biographyAdriaan Emont in Houbraken's Ary Huibertsz Verveer biography
According to the RKD he is known for fruit still lifes and is possibly the same person as the landscape painter who signed with the monogram "AVE".Adriaen van Eemont in the RKD He worked in Amsterdam, Heusden and France. In France he traveled with Frederik de Moucheron to Paris and Lyon.
There is still some uncertainty about the nature of his work; though Houbraken was so certain that he had specialized in birds and plants, the Dordrechts Museum has a work by him that is more reminiscent of Haarlem works such as those by Adriaen van Ostade.Adriaen van Eemont in the Dordrechts Museum
Confusion with Nicolaes Ficke His monogram "AVE" has also been interpreted as "NF" for Nicolaes Ficke, a 17th-century painter from Haarlem. The group of monogrammed paintings thus identified are considered to be paintings in the "Haarlem landscape style". An example of such a painting that was formerly attributed to Jan Wijnants is The Halt at the Cottage.
References
External links Adriaen van Eemont on Artnet