Michiel Sweerts or Michael Sweerts[1] (29 September 1618 – 1 June 1664) was a Flemish painter and printmaker of the Baroque period, who is known for his allegorical and genre paintings, portraits and tronies. The artist led an itinerant life and worked in Rome, Brussels, Amsterdam, Persia and India (Goa).
While in Rome Sweerts became linked to the group of Dutch and Flemish painters of low-life scenes known as the Bamboccianti. Sweerts' contributions to the Bamboccianti genre display generally greater stylistic mastery and social-philosophical sensitivity than the other artists working in this manner. While he was successful during his lifetime, Sweerts and his work fell into obscurity until he was rediscovered in the 20th century as one of the most intriguing and enigmatic artists of his time.[2]
^Other names by which he is known: Michele Suars, Michele Suarssi, Michiello Suerts, Michiel Suerz, Michiel Sweerts, il Cavaliere Suars
^Michiel Sweerts (Brussels 1618-1664 Goa), A lady sewing in an interior at Christie's
MichielSweerts or Michael Sweerts (29 September 1618 – 1 June 1664) was a Flemish painter and printmaker of the Baroque period, who is known for his allegorical...
with this group during his early career. Other Bamboccianti include MichielSweerts, Thomas Wijck, Dirck Helmbreker, Jan Asselyn, Anton Goubau, Willem...
The Plague of Athens (c. 1652–1654) by MichielSweerts, illustrating the devastating epidemic that struck Athens in 430 BC, as described by the historian...
them is destined to come to a bleak end. Another such bust figures in MichielSweerts' Baroque genre piece of a young art student drawing a copy. The Grimani...
Brouwer, Youth Making a Face Rembrandt, Old Man in Military Costume MichielSweerts, Portrait of a young man holding a cat (Allegory of touch) Lucas Franchoys...
completed as an exercise in an art school or academy. The drawing class, MichielSweerts, 1660 Young Student Drawing, Jean Siméon Chardin, c. 1738 Thomas Rowlandson...
September 27 – Jacob Alting, Dutch linguist (d. 1679) September 29 – MichielSweerts, Flemish painter (d. 1664) October 8 – Claude Lamoral, 3rd Prince of...
Elizabeth Poole, Puritan and business woman (b. c. 1599) June 1 – MichielSweerts, Flemish painter (b. 1618) June 2 – Henry II, Duke of Guise (b. 1614)...
Dutch East India Company counsel (Sweers Island was named after him) MichielSweerts (1618–1664), Flemish painter and printmaker Isaac Sweers (1622–1673)...
with this group during his early career. Other Bamboccianti include MichielSweerts, Thomas Wijck, Dirck Helmbreker, Jan Asselyn, Anton Goubau, Willem...
with this group during his early career. Other Bamboccianti include MichielSweerts, Thomas Wijck, Dirck Helmbreker, Jan Asselyn, Anton Goubau, Willem...
(1783–1872), American : The David Children, oil on canvas, ID: 1948.13.1 MichielSweerts (1618–1664), Flemish : Anthonij de Bordes and His Valet, oil on canvas...
Deutz. Bikker, Jonathan. “The Deutz Brothers, Italian Paintings and MichielSweerts: New Information from Elisabeth Coymans’s ‘Journael.’” Simiolus: Netherlands...
Elizabeth Poole, Puritan and business woman (b. c. 1599) June 1 – MichielSweerts, Flemish painter (b. 1618) June 2 – Henry II, Duke of Guise (b. 1614)...
hall of Flemish painters exhibits Rubens, J. Vari Kassel, Grimmer and MichielSweerts. Second floor: Paintings dating from the 17th and 18th century by Giovan...
September 27 – Jacob Alting, Dutch linguist (d. 1679) September 29 – MichielSweerts, Flemish painter (d. 1664) October 8 – Claude Lamoral, 3rd Prince of...
chooses" Michael Sweerts at the Netherlands Institute for Art History(in Dutch) [1] at the National Gallery of Art "Waddingham, Michael Sweerts". Archived from...
Reuter’s early life in Flanders. He trained with the Brussels painter MichielSweerts. Sweerts had lived in Rome for ten years where he had moved into the circle...
(1724–1806), Neue Pinakothek Franz von Stuck (1863–1928), Neue Pinakothek MichielSweerts (1618–1664), Alte Pinakothek David Teniers the Younger (1610–1690)...
including Sir Thomas Lawrence, Willem Claeszoon Heda, Gerrit Dou and MichielSweerts. 20th-century European modernist and contemporary art from Ben Nicholson...
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