Barend van der Meer (1659–1700)

• Was a Dutch painter.
• Van der Meer was born and died in Haarlem.
• According to the RKD he was taught by his father Jan van der Meer I.
• He became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1681.
• In 1683 he married and moved to Amsterdam.
• He is known for still-life paintings and vanitas pieces.
• He was the brother of the landscape painter Jan Vermeer van Haarlem.
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