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Little is known about this painter, active in Amsterdam from approximately 1641 as a painter of seascapes, harbour views, beaches and winter landscapes. His early works, grey and blue seascapes, revea [+]
It is believed that he began his training at his father’s workshop, the history painter Paulus Joostenz. Wouwerman (+1642), by whom no work has been identified to date. According to Cornelis de Bie, h [+]
He arrived in Holland around 1602 and in 1608 was accepted as a citizen of Utrecht. His first surviving painting is dated that same year, A Fleet of the Dutch East India Company en Route eastwards arr [+]
Born in Seville, Velázquez adopted his mothers surname, as was common in Andalusia, signing “Diego Velázquez” or “Diego de Silva Velázquez". He studied painting and worked professionally in his native [+]
Little knowledge we have about this Dutch painter who settled in Italy. The first documentary reference preserved about Stom is the parish family book of 1630 and 1631 of the Roman church of San Nicol [+]
Murillo was apparently a calm and sweet natured man, a fact which might explain some aspects of his personal artistic expression. Born into a family of many siblings, he was orphaned as a child and ta [+]
He was the son of Jacques Metsu (1587/89–1629), a Flemish painter based in Leiden. In 1648, he played an active role in founding the Guild of Saint Luke in his native city. The records held at the gui [+]
The artist was born in a small town in the Duchy of Lorraine, an independent territory in the Germanic Holy Roman Empire, a century and a half before it became part of France. A baker's son, he is doc [+]
He was the son of a pharmacist settled in the city of Deventer. After the death of his father around 1607, the family decided to leave the city. He possibly began his training in Amsterdam in the work [+]
He is son of Hendrick Bramer and Christynge Jans. Nothing is known about his training. The first documented fact about his biography is the journey he started through France and Italy in 1614. Around [+]
He was a Flemish painter, drawer and engraver. He was the son of the engraver, publisher and art dealer Jan Boel and he received training from the painter Jan Fyt and presumably from Frans Snyders. In [+]
This precocious artist studied with Pedro de las Cuevas and, according to Palomino, he was only fourteen when he received his first commission: a retable for the Shod Carmelites in Toledo (lost). In 1 [+]