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Hendrick van Someren, or Somer (1615 or 1607), Amsterdam or Naples – 1685, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
According to Houbraken he was the son of the "van Zomeren" who took in the young Adriaen Brouwer after he fled Frans Hals' workshop to try his luck in Amsterdam. Houbraken claimed Henrik van Someren was a good painter of historical allegories, landscapes, and flower still lifes.
According to the RKD no works survive in the styles Houbraken mentioned, only "hermits" in the style of Ribera. He was the son of the painter Barend van Someren and the grandson of Aert Mijtens. He was the pupil of Jusepe de Ribera and at least one of his works had a forged signature of Ribera. He is possibly the same painter sometimes referred to as Enrico Fiammingo.