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Life of PAULUS BOR
Dutch painter. He came from a prominent and wealthy Catholic family. In 1577 his grandfather Bor Jansz. was a member of the Treffelicxte, a group of the most exceptional citizens of Amersfoort.
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His father, also named Paulus Bor, was a textile merchant. Coming from a wealthy family he probably did not need to paint for an income. This might explain his preference for subjects rarely painted by other artists, such as Ovide tale of Cydippe, in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and also why his depictions of single and sometimes melancholic female figures strike us as unusual.
Nothing is known about Paulus Bor s youth.
He went to Italy in 1623. The earliest record of him is a document from 1623, which says he was living in a house in the parish of Sant Andrea dell Fratte in Rome with three other painters, whose names are no longer known.
In 1624 and 1625, he shared a home in Piazza di Spagna and subsequently one in Strada dell Olmo with the Ho