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He was influenced by [[Sébastien Bourdon]].<ref name="RKD"/> His genre scenes, which were among the last generation of the ''Bamboccianti'',<ref name="slive" /> tended to be more [[Classicism|classical]] in inspiration than many their earlier low-life scenes.<ref name="laureati">Laureati</ref> Ultimately, these works found great success with Italian collectors.<ref name="laureati" /> In 1695 he was commissioned to paint the main altar piece of the [[Chiesa di San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi|Church of St. Julian of the Flemings]] in Rome. |
He was influenced by [[Sébastien Bourdon]].<ref name="RKD"/> His genre scenes, which were among the last generation of the ''Bamboccianti'',<ref name="slive" /> tended to be more [[Classicism|classical]] in inspiration than many their earlier low-life scenes.<ref name="laureati">Laureati</ref> Ultimately, these works found great success with Italian collectors.<ref name="laureati" /> In 1695 he was commissioned to paint the main altar piece of the [[Chiesa di San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi|Church of St. Julian of the Flemings]] in Rome. |
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Houbraken described a painting from 1681 in the possession of Pieter Klok showing an Italian monastery with a group of poor people in the foreground with various handicaps being given soup from a large kettle ladled by a Franciscan |
Houbraken described a painting from 1681 in the possession of Pieter Klok showing an Italian monastery with a group of poor people in the foreground with various handicaps being given soup from a large kettle ladled by a Franciscan friar. Helmbreker was very religious and donated often to the poor of Rome.<ref name=Houbraken/> |
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Dirck Helmbreker | |
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| Born | Dirck Helmbreker 1633 |
| Died | 1696 (aged 62–63) |
| Nationality | Netherlands |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Baroque |
Dirck Helmbreker, Theodor Helmbreeker, or Teodoro Elembrech (1633–1696) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of Italianate landscapes.
Biography
According to Houbraken he lived from 1624 to 1694, but this has since been proven to be incorrect.[1][2] He was born in Haarlem and became a pupil of Pieter de Grebber.[1] He traveled to Rome at a young age, where he remained until his death.[2] His paintings belong to the group of artists known as the Bamboccianti, or, as Houbraken writes, Bamboots,[2] which is a specialization by Northern artists in small-scale genre scenes in the manner of Pieter van Laer while in Rome.[3] Helmbreker arrived in Italy in 1654, eventually settling in Rome by the end of the decade.[4] At the end of the 1670s he and the Flemish painter Willem Reuter were members of a group known as the 'Congregazione dei Virtuosi al Pantheon'.[5] The Congregazione counted among its members many important artists who left their mark in Rome.
Works
He was influenced by Sébastien Bourdon.[1] His genre scenes, which were among the last generation of the Bamboccianti,[3] tended to be more classical in inspiration than many their earlier low-life scenes.[4] Ultimately, these works found great success with Italian collectors.[4] In 1695 he was commissioned to paint the main altar piece of the Church of St. Julian of the Flemings in Rome.
Houbraken described a painting from 1681 in the possession of Pieter Klok showing an Italian monastery with a group of poor people in the foreground with various handicaps being given soup from a large kettle ladled by a Franciscan friar. Helmbreker was very religious and donated often to the poor of Rome.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Entry on Dirck Helmbreeker in RKD
- ^ a b c d Template:Link language Theodoor Helmbreker biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- ^ a b Slive, pp. 233–237.
- ^ a b c Laureati
- ^ Biographical details of Willem Reuter at the National Gallery of Art
External links
Bibliography
- Laura Laureati, "Helmbreker [Elembrech; Helmbreecker], Dirck [Teodoro; Theodoor; Theodor]," Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press, [October 29, 2007].
- Slive, Seymour (1995). Dutch Painting 1600-1800. New Haven: Yale University Press - Pelican history of Art. ISBN 0-300-06418-7.
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