Abraham Teerlink

Abraham Teerlink (Dordrecht, 5 November 1776) - Rome, 26 May 1857[1] or July 1857[2]) was a 19th-century painter and draughtsman from the Netherlands.

[2] After showing an interest in the arts, he was tutored by Michiel Versteegh[3] and later by J. Kelderman and Arie Lamme.

In Paris he spent 1,5 year, copying and studying paintings from the Louvre and the Academy under supervision of the popular professor Jacques-Louis David, along with his compatriot from Dordrecht, Leendert de Koningh.

[2][3] In 1810 he settled definitively in Rome, though he continued to enter art competitions in the north.

In 1836 he married the artist Anna Muschi and in 1839 he was awarded a knighthood in the Order of the Dutch Lion from King William I of the Netherlands.