Robbert Duval (1639–1732)

Robbert Duval (21 September 1639 – 22 January 1732) was a Dutch Golden Age painter who lived well into the 18th century.

According to the RKD he learned to paint from Nicolaes Willingh and became his assistant in Berlin in 1667.

[1] He left Berlin to make a trip to Rome in 1668, where he joined the Bentvueghels with the nickname Fortuyn.

[1] According to Houbraken he left Rome for Padua in 1677 with Johannes Glauber and his brother.

[1] In 1682 he returned to the Hague, where he helped set up the Royal Academy of Art (The Hague) with Willem Doudijns, Theodor van der Schuer, and Daniel Mijtens the Younger.