Ezaias Terwesten (1661–1724) was an 18th-century painter from the Dutch Republic.
Biography Terwesten was born in The Hague. According to Houbraken he was two years younger than his brother Augustinus Terwesten who was his first teacher, along with his brother Mattheus. Elias Terwesten Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature He travelled to Rome, joined the Bentvueghels, and received the bent "Paradysvogel" (Bird of Paradise).
As well as Paradysvogel, he was also known by the pseudonym "Den Brander", and signed his Christian name Esayas, not Ezaias.Ezaias Terwesten in the RKD He is often confused with a brother of the same name who was born 10 years before Terwesten's birth and who died early. He travelled to Rome in 1694, got married, and remained there for the rest of his life.
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Ezaias Terwesten on Artnet
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