Johanna Vergouwen

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Portrait of twins, 1668.

Johanna Vergouwen (also: Jeanne Vergouwen or Joanna Vergouwen) (1630 in Antwerp – 11 March 1714 in Antwerp) was a Flemish Baroque painter and copyist.

Life[]

She was brought up in a family of painters.[1] She was the daughter of the Flemish painter-decorator (died 1659) and his wife Maaike Verwerff, who was the daughter of the painter . Her sister Maria (died 1664) married the painter Michael Angelo Immenraet in 1661.[1] Immenraet and Joanna Vergouwen engaged in extensive litigation regarding her sister's inheritance.[2]

She studied with Balthazar van den Bossche and Lucas van Uden.[3] She was active as a painter, copyist and art dealer.[1]

The 17th century Flemish biographer Cornelis de Bie refers to her in his Het Gulden Cabinet in the chapter on noteworthy female painters. He describes her as a copyist of Anthony van Dyck and Rubens.[4]

Works[]

Portrait of Andries Rademaker, Notary, Displaying a Statuette, 1656
  • Portrait of Andries Rademaker, Notary, Displaying a Statuette, oil on panel, 1656, Rhode Island School of Design Museum.
  • A double portrait of two boys, full-length, dressed as knights, one holding a flute, the other on a hobby-horse holding a whip, both standing on a balcony, oil on canvas, 1668, Christie's Amsterdam, sold 6 May 2008 for €120,250, lot nr. 180[5]
  • Samson and Delilah, 1673, copy of a picture by Anthony van Dyck, Mexico, Museo Nacional de San Carlo.

Bibliography[]

E. Duverger, "The Antwerp painter Joanna Vergouwen (1630–1714)" Jaarboek van het Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, 2000.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Jeanne Vergouwen at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch)
  2. ^ Michael Angelo Immenraet at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch)
  3. ^ Chris., Petteys (1985). Dictionary of women artists : an international dictionary of women artists born before 1900. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0816184569. OCLC 11316630.
  4. ^ Het Gulden Cabinet, p 558 (in Dutch)
  5. ^ A double portrait of two boys, full-length, dressed as knights, one holding a flute, the other on a hobby-horse holding a whip, both standing on a balcony – The boys are believed to be Hendrick & Everard Kochman, sons of Herman Franciscus Kochman, the mayor of Zwolle.


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