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| Abraham Bloemaert Venus appeals to Cupid to induce Pluto to fall in love with Proserpina ca. 1591-94 drawing National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Abraham Bloemaert Apollo and Diana slaying the Children of Niobe 1591 oil on canvas Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen |
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| Abraham Bloemaert Mercury, Argus, and Io ca. 1592 oil on canvas Centraal Museum, Utrecht |
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| Abraham Bloemaert Miracle of the Loaves 1593 oil on canvas, mounted on panel National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Abraham Bloemaert Baptism of Christ 1595 oil on canvas National Trust, Ham House, Surrey |
"Abraham Bloemaert (1566-1651) – Dutch figure and landscape painter and engraver, the son of sculptor and architect Cornelis Bloemaert the Elder (ca. 1540-1593). Abraham Bloemaert spent most of his life in Utrecht, where for many years he was the leading painter and an outstanding teacher. Both Gerrit van Honthorst and Hendrick ter Brugghen – and virtually all the Utrecht painters of the period who attained any kind of distinction – trained with him. Bloemaert was a good learner, as well as a good teacher, and rapidly assimilated the new ideas his pupils brought back from Italy. Early in his career he was one of the leading Dutch exponents of Mannerism [selections in this current post]. In the 1620s he had a Caravaggesque phase; and in his later years adopted some aspects of the classicism of the Carracci [selections in the following post]. Many of Bloemaert's drawings were etched and published by his son Frederick (ca. 1616-1690) in an instructional book for the use of art students (it first appeared ca. 1650 and continued to be reprinted into the 19th century). Abraham Bloemaert had three other painter sons, who were likewise his pupils: Hendrick (ca. 1601-1672), Cornelis the Younger (ca. 1603-1684), and Adriaen (ca. 1609-1666)."
– excerpted from The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
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| Abraham Bloemaert Joseph and his Brothers ca. 1595-1600 oil on canvas Centraal Museum, Utrecht |
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| Abraham Bloemaert Marriage of Cupid and Psyche ca. 1595 oil on panel Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Abraham Bloemaert Moses striking the Rock 1596 oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Abraham Bloemaert Raising of Lazarus ca. 1600-1605 oil on canvas Manchester Art Gallery |
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| Abraham Bloemaert The Prodigal Son 1615 oil on canvas Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum |
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| Abraham Bloemaert Landscape with the Prophet Elijah in the Desert ca. 1610-20 oil on canvas Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Abraham Bloemaert Study of Tree 1590s drawing Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Abraham Bloemaert St Roch ca. 1600-1610 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Abraham Bloemaert The Four Evangelists writing the Gospels around a Table ca. 1612-15 drawing Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
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| Abraham Bloemaert The Four Evangelists writing the Gospels around a Table ca. 1612-15 oil on canvas Princeton University Art Museum |