Emanuel de Witte
(1617–1692) Dutch painter (1617-1692)
Emanuel de Witte (1617–1692) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Emanuel de Witte belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Emanuel de Witte was born in Alkmaar and died in Amsterdam. Emanuel de Witte studied under Evert van Aelst. Emanuel de Witte worked in Alkmaar, Delft, Rotterdam, and Delft. Emanuel de Witte became a member of Alkmaar Guild of Saint Luke.
The best-known works include ‘Interior of an Imaginary Catholic Church’, ‘The Oude Kerk in Amsterdam during a Service’, and ‘Interior of a Protestant Gothic church with motifs of the Oude and the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait and landscape painting. The catalogue has 83 works by Emanuel de Witte with free images. The dated works span the years 1641–1700. Works by Emanuel de Witte are held by several collections, among them Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rijksmuseum, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection, and National Gallery. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jan Goedart, Anna Maria von Baden-Durlach, Paolo Porpora, Ambrosius Brueghel, and Evaristo Baschenis.