Michael Sweerts

Flemish 1618-1664 Michiel Sweerts (September 29, 1618 - 1664), also known as Michael Sweerts, was a Flemish painter of the Baroque period, active in Rome (1645-1656) in the style of the Bamboccianti. The Bamboccianti were known for depicting genre scenes of daily life. Born in Brussels, he arrived in Rome in the mid 1640s, and rapidly moved into the circle of Flemish painters that had arrayed around Pieter van Laer, and that resided near Santa Maria del Popolo. In 1647, he attended meetings of the Accademia di San Luca, although not as a member. By 1659, he had returned to Brussels, where he joined the painter's guild. He appears to have become mentally unstable in his last years. In Amsterdam, he joined the Jesuits as a "lay Brother" rather than a priest, and sailed from Marsaille to the East with a missionary group. Travelling to Jerusalem, and from there to Goa, where after causing tribulations to those around him, he died. Sweerts is an enigmatic and difficult artist to categorize, since he seems to have absorbed a variety of influences to create an eclectic hybrid that can be described as a Netherlandish genre adaptation of an early tenebrist styles: a blend of Vermeer's genre of painting and Caravaggio-influenced full bodied figures.
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Michael Sweerts Seated Man with a Youth and a Servant in an Interior oil


Seated Man with a Youth and a Servant in an Interior
Painting ID::  3708 		Seated Man with a Youth and a Servant in an Interior
   
   
     
Michael Sweerts The Plague in an Ancient City oil


The Plague in an Ancient City
Painting ID::  3709 		The Plague in an Ancient City
   
   
     
Michael Sweerts Penitent Reading in a Room oil


Penitent Reading in a Room
Painting ID::  3710 		Penitent Reading in a Room
   
   
     
Michael Sweerts The Young Man and the Procuress (mk05) oil


The Young Man and the Procuress (mk05)
Painting ID::  20534 		The Young Man and the Procuress (mk05)
Canvas,7 1/2 x 10 1/2''(19 x 27 cm)Acquired in 1967
Canvas,7_1/2_x_10_1/2''(19_x_27_cm)Acquired_in_1967
   
   
     
Michael Sweerts Muchacho con turbante y un ramillete de flores oil


Muchacho con turbante y un ramillete de flores
Painting ID::  95712 		Muchacho con turbante y un ramillete de flores
1650-1660 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 76,4 x 61,8 cm. cyf
   
   
     
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     Flemish 1618-1664 Michiel Sweerts (September 29, 1618 - 1664), also known as Michael Sweerts, was a Flemish painter of the Baroque period, active in Rome (1645-1656) in the style of the Bamboccianti. The Bamboccianti were known for depicting genre scenes of daily life. Born in Brussels, he arrived in Rome in the mid 1640s, and rapidly moved into the circle of Flemish painters that had arrayed around Pieter van Laer, and that resided near Santa Maria del Popolo. In 1647, he attended meetings of the Accademia di San Luca, although not as a member. By 1659, he had returned to Brussels, where he joined the painter's guild. He appears to have become mentally unstable in his last years. In Amsterdam, he joined the Jesuits as a "lay Brother" rather than a priest, and sailed from Marsaille to the East with a missionary group. Travelling to Jerusalem, and from there to Goa, where after causing tribulations to those around him, he died. Sweerts is an enigmatic and difficult artist to categorize, since he seems to have absorbed a variety of influences to create an eclectic hybrid that can be described as a Netherlandish genre adaptation of an early tenebrist styles: a blend of Vermeer's genre of painting and Caravaggio-influenced full bodied figures.

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