Frederick Kerseboom

Frederick Kerseboom
Born	Solingen, Germany
Died	(1690-07-25)25 July 1690 (Burial), London
Nationality	German
Occupation	Painter
Known for	Portrait painting
Relatives	Johann Kerseboom (nephew)

Frederick Kerseboom (* about 1632 at Solingen; buried 25 July 1690 in London) was a German painter, only one time called Casaubon (mistaking)^[1] in England.

Life

Born as Friedrich Kirschbaum at Solingen in Germany, he studied painting in Amsterdam, where he changed his name, and in 1650 was at Paris, where he worked under Charles Le Brun. He subsequently went to Rome, and remained there for 14 years, two of which he spent under Nicolas Poussin.^[2]

On leaving Rome Kerseboom came to England, where he devoted himself to portrait-painting. He died in London in 1690, and was buried in St Andrew's Church, Holborn.^[2]

Robert Boyle, from Arthur Shuster & Arthur E. Shipley´s "Britain´s Heritage of Science", London, 1917. Based on a painting by Frederick Kerseboom

Family

Johann Kerseboom was the nephew of Frederick, and together they came to England. Some of the noted portraits that in the past were attributed to the uncle are now considered to be by him.^[3]

Notes

1. Kerseboom sounds like Casaubon or Causabon.
2. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Kerseboom, Frederick" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co. .
3. Thackray, Anne. "Kerseboom, Frederick". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15473. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.).

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Kerseboom, Frederick". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co.