Background
According to Houbraken he was the second son of Isaac van Swanenburg who worked in The Hague.
According to Houbraken he was the second son of Isaac van Swanenburg who worked in The Hague.
Van Swanenburg (1572 in Leiden – 1652 in Leiden), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. According to the RKD he was the brother of Jacob and Willem Isaacsz Swanenburg.
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Though a member of the Hague guild, he continued to be active in Leiden and painted an over-the-mantel piece for the Leiden vierschaar in 1613. In 1648 he became a member of the Leiden Guild of Saint Luke that was founded the same year.