Dirck Helmbreker
Dirck Helmbreker | |
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| Born | Dirck Helmbreker |
| 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 (1624–1694), but this has since been proven to be incorrect.[1] He traveled to Rome at a young age, where he remained until his death.[1] His paintings belong to the group of artists known as the Bamboccianti, or, as Houbraken writes, Bamboots, which is a specialization by Northern artists in small-scale genre scenes in the manner of Pieter van Laer while in Rome.[2] Born in Haarlem, Helmbreker arrived in Italy in 1654, eventually settling in Rome by the end of the decade.[3] His genre scenes, which were among the last generation of the Bamboccianti,[2] tended to be more classical in inspiration than many their earlier low-life scenes.[3] Ultimately, these works found great success with Italian collectors.[3] In 1695 he was commissioned to paint the 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 monk. Helmbreker was very religious and donated often to the poor of Rome.[4]
Notes
- ^ a b Entry on Dirck Helmbreeker in RKD
- ^ a b Slive, pp. 233–237.
- ^ a b c Laureati
- ^ Template:Language icon Theodoor Helmbreker biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
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 0300064187.
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