Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck

Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck (1600/03-1662 Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck of Haarlem was probably apprenticed to his father, portraitist Cornelis Engelsz (Versprongh), and possibly also to Frans Hals, of the same city. Hals’s influence on his manner of painting is certainly evident in Verspronck’s work. In 1632, he joined Haarlem’s St Luke’s guild. Verspronck developed a ...