Ernst Stuven

[1] Being more interested in flower painting, he soon joined the studio of Willem van Aelst, and after a period with him, he switched to Abraham Mignon.

[2] Houbraken mentions in his biography of Elias van den Broeck that he had been Stuven's first and best pupil (c. 1665).

[2] Houbraken wrote five pages about the abusive relationship in 1697 between Willem Grasdorp and Ernst Stuven.

[1] He was allowed out for good conduct after half of that time, and was taken in by Romeyn de Hooghe in Haarlem (c. 1703–1705).

He later moved to Rotterdam, where he painted for a gentlemen named De Beer who kept him for a ducat per day and room & board, which is where he later died.