Cornelis Brouwer

According to Houbraken he had been a Rembrandt pupil and was a friend of Eglon van der Neer who was Adriaen van der Werff's teacher for three years.^[1] While visiting with van der Neer, who took his pupil along on trips to Leiden and Amsterdam, Brouwer met Adriaen van der Werff and in 1676 helped the seventeen-year-old by taking his self-portrait and showing it to all of his art friends in Rotterdam, who were amazed at the ability of such a young man.^[1]

According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD) he is known for genre works and historical allegories of the Rembrandt school.^[2] He is sometimes confused with Justus Brouwer.^[2]

• Cornelis Brouwer on Artnet