Background
Victors was born in Amsterdam.
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He was known in Haarlem on a taxation catalog in 1722 as a student of Rembrandt van Rijn. Though it is not certain that he worked for Rembrandt, it is clear from his Young girl at a window that he had looked carefully at Rembrandt"s paintings. He was only twenty when he painted this scene, and the look of expectation on the girl"s face shows a remarkable study of character.
Like many painters in Amsterdam after the rampjaar of 1672, he fell onto bad times and took a position as ziekentrooster, a combi-job as professional nurse and cleric, with the Dutch East India Company in 1676.
He died soon after arrival in Indonesia, then the Dutch East Indies.
Personality
He was a conscientious member of the Reformed Church, and for this reason he avoided creating art which depicts Christ, angels, or nudity.
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Netherlands