Isaak Soreau (1604–1644)

• Was a German Baroque painter.
• According to the RKD he was the son of the painter Daniel Soreau, and the twin brother of Peter.

• He went to live in Amsterdam on the Herengracht.

• There he became engaged on 17 April 1677, aged 31, to Louysa Eygels.

• His works are strongly reminiscent of the painter Jacob van Hulsdonck.

• Soreau, the son of an Antwerp painter in Frankfurt, specialized in "table-top still lifes," featuring fruits, flowers, and insects. 

• An Isaak Soreau was regent of the Nieuwe Zijds Huiszitten almshouse of Amsterdam in 1681.

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