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(2) Abel Grimmer
(b Antwerp, c. 1570; d Antwerp, 1618–19). Son of (1) Jacob Grimmer. He married Catharina Lescornet on 29 September 1591 and in 1592 became a master in the Antwerp Guild of St Luke. He is principally known for his numerous small paintings of country scenes, sometimes with a biblical theme, which often form part of a series of the Four Seasons or the Months of the Year. Some of these paintings were inspired by or even copied from prints by Pieter Bruegel I and Hans Bol, both of whose work strongly influenced Abel, even more so than did the example of his father’s work, which was also an important source of inspiration. Abel’s series of the Twelve Months (1592; Montfaucon-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Chapelle Notre-Dame) are exact copies of Adriaen Collaert’s prints after Hans Bol (Hollstein: Dut. & Flem., iv, nos 523–34), published by Hans van Luyck ( fl c. 1580–85) in 1585. Spring and Summer (Antwerp, Kon. Mus. S. Kst.) are almost exact copies of two prints by Pieter van der Heyden after designs by Pieter Bruegel (Hollstein: Dut. & Flem., ix, nos 63–4; iii, nos 200 and 202).
Part of the Grimmer family
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