Jan Abel Wassenbergh

Jan Abel Wassenbergh (18 January 1689, Groningen – ca.

Meeting with success, Wassenbergh travelled to Rotterdam in 1712 where he became a pupil of Adriaen van der Werff.

[1][2] He married Johanna van Oijen after returning to Groningen in 1715, and became quite successful as a portraitist, history painter and room decorator (making ceiling, over-the-mantel pieces and doorway decorations for the nobility of the town).

[1] Many of his room decorations still survive in their original installations.

[2] Their daughter Elisabet Geertruda, and son Jan Jr followed their father, while daughter Gertruida Abelia was good at fruit and flowers.