Abraham de Vries (c.1590–1650) was a Dutch portrait painter who worked in the Netherlands, France and the southern Netherlands. His early life and training are uncertain, but he is documented in Rotterdam in 1617 and subsequently in Aix-en-Provence, Paris, Antwerp, Amsterdam and The Hague. His portraits combine careful characterisation with the rich fabrics and tonal effects fashionable in seventeenth-century European painting.
His Self-Portrait (1621), now in the Rijksmuseum, bears an inscription identifying him as a Dutchman. The picture presents an assured young artist and provides an early dated example of his painting. De Vries received commissions from prominent patrons during his travels, adapting his style to the portrait traditions of different cities.
He joined the painters’ guild in The Hague in 1644 and made his will there in 1648. He probably died around 1649 or 1650. His work belongs to the broad European culture of portrait painting that also shaped the career of Frans Hals, although their approaches differed.
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