Abraham de Heusch (1635, Utrecht – 30 April 1712, Leerdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography According to Houbraken he painted all sorts of plants, salamanders, snakes and other animals in small chapels and ruins in a natural manner. Abraham de Heusch Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature He married in Dordrecht, and when his wife died he joined the navy. He then remarried and returned to Leerdam where he lived off rents and died the mayor of that town.
According to the RKD he was a pupil of the painter Christiaen Striep in Amsterdam, and worked in Dordrecht and with the Dutch navy before moving to Leerdam.Abraham de Heusch in the RKD No known works survive.
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References Abraham de Heusch on website of the Historical Society of Leerdam