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Abraham van Westerveld
Dutch painter (1620-1692) · Netherlands · On the map · Artists · Died at 72
Abraham van Westerveld or Abraham Evertsz. van Westerveld was a Dutch Golden Age painter, architectural artist, and calligrapher. He spent most of his career in the Dutch Republic, and was also employed as court artist of Lithuanian hetman Janusz Radziwiłł (1612-1655) for a time in the 1650s.
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View of Kyiv from the Northeast (1651). View of Podil (Lower City). In the centre: the Dominican Church of St. Nicholas (with a Gothic roof).![Cornelis Tromp in Roman Costume (Rijksmuseum).{{Cite web |title=Portrait of Lieutenant-Admiral Cornelis Tromp in Roman Costume |author= |work=Rijksmuseum.nl |date= |access-date=9 September 2025 |url= https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/Portrait-of-Lieutenant-Admiral-Cornelis-Tromp-in-Roman-Costume--71a6bd65215aed82d18290dc8415e2e9?tab=data}}"}},"i":0}}]}">[c]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Abraham_Willaerts_Cornelis_Tromp_in_Roman_Costume_1673.jpeg/1280px-Abraham_Willaerts_Cornelis_Tromp_in_Roman_Costume_1673.jpeg)
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About this person
Westerveld is known in Ukraine for creating a series of sketches of architectural objects in Kyiv during this period, including the Golden Gate, Kyiv, Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv, and the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. In the Netherlands, Westerveld is famous for his painting of Dutch lieutenant admiral Cornelis Tromp in Roman Costume in the Rijksmuseum, amongst other works.
