Bartholomeus Maton (1641 – after 1684)

• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter active in Sweden.
• He was born in Leiden to Huguenot parents.

• He became a pupil of Gerard Dou who taught him the art of painting in the fijnschilder style.

• In 1671 he became a member of the Leiden Guild of St. Luke and in 1674-1675 he was headman.

• In 1679 he is registered as a wine dealer in Stockholm, where he painted for the son of the gun merchant Louis De Geer.

• By 1680 he was back in Amsterdam where his will was drawn up.

• In 1682 he sold a house in Leiden.

• After 1682 nothing more is known of him, but he probably died in Stockholm after 1684.

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