Lot 57: Matthijs Naiveu (Leiden 1647-1726 Amsterdam)

The interior of a classroom with a schoolmaster sharpening a plume indistincly signed 'Naiveu Fecit' (upper centre) oil on panel 13 1/8 x 16 in. (33.1 x 40.6 cm.) NOTES The artist was the son of a wine merchant from Rotterdam and began his training with Abraham Toorenvliet (c. 1620-1692), a glass painter and drawing master in Leiden. From 1667 to 1669 Naiveu was apprenticed to Gerrit Dou, who received 100 guilders a year (an exceptionally high sum) for his instruction. In 1671 Naiveu entered the Leiden Guild of St Luke, of which he became the head in 1677 and again in 1678, the year in which he moved to Amsterdam, where he was later appointed hop inspector.