Jürgen Ovens: A Portraitist of the Dutch Golden Age Born in Tönning, Germany, around 1623, Jürgen Ovens emerged as a prominent figure within the artistic landscape of the Dutch Baroque era. His formative years were marked by familial ties to art – his father-in-law, a wealthy merchant, bestowed upon him a substantial inheritance of sixty thousand thaler, contingent upon establishing residency in the vicinity of Hamburg. Early Ca…