Abraham Bloemaert
(1565–1651) nederländsk målare
Abraham Bloemaert (1565–1651) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Abraham Bloemaert belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Abraham Bloemaert was born in Gorinchem and died in Utrecht. The teachers included Jean Bassot, Gerrit Hendricksz. Splinter, and Cornelis Bloemaert. Wikidata associates Abraham Bloemaert with Mannerism and Utrecht Caravaggism. The students included Gerard van Honthorst, Wybrand de Geest, Hendrik Schoock, and Cornelis Bloemaert.
The best-known works include ‘Theagenes receiving the palm of honour from Chariclea’, ‘The feast of the gods at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis’, ‘A feast of the gods’, and ‘Apollo and Diana Punishing Niobe by Killing her Children’. The works belong mainly to the genres genre painting, history painting, and landscape painting. The catalogue has 156 works by Abraham Bloemaert with free images. The dated works span the years 1586–2000. Works by Abraham Bloemaert are held by several collections, among them Nationalmuseum, Centraal Museum, drawings in the National Gallery of Art, and Rijksmuseum.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Hendrick de Keyser, Francisco Ribalta, Jakob de Gheyn II., Sante Peranda, and Joachim Uytewael.