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Gerard Seghers

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Gerard Seghers (c. 17 March 1591 to 18 March 1651) was a Flemish painter, art collector, and art dealer. After a period of study and residence in Italy, he returned to Flanders, where he became one of the leading representatives of the Flemish Caravaggisti movement, before later abandoning the Caravaggist style and genre subjects to become an important painter of large altarpieces for local churches. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Gender
Male 1
Active From Year
1608 1
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Painting, Art Forms
Source Gerard Seghers (Wikipedia)
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Habsburg Netherlands

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Antwerp

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1. Gerard Seghers (Wikipedia)
  • Article text
    After a period of study and residence in Italy, he returned to Flanders where he became one of the leading representatives of the Flemish Caravaggisti movement. In his later career he abandoned the Caravaggist style and genre motifs to become an important painter of large altarpieces for local churches.
  • Wikipedia sections
    In 1608, aged only 17, he became a master in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke.
  • Practices: Painting, Lead section
    He was probably unrelated to the Jesuit still life painter Daniel Seghers.
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Wikidata: Gerard Seghers
Wikidata Q951884, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)View the Source
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