Karel Slabbaert

Karel Slabbaert
Self-portrait, circa 1650
Born	1618 Zierikzee
Died	1654 Middelburg
Nationality	Netherlands

Karel Slabbaert (1618 – 1654 in Zierikzee ; † before November 6, 1654 in Leiden ) was a Dutch painter and draftsman. The artist worked in Middelburg between 1634 and 1654 . His work includes portraits, genre scenes and still lifes. He was a Dutch Golden Age painter who died young.

Slabbaert was born in Zierikzee. His earliest dated work is recorded as 1641 and he became engaged to Cornelia Bouwers of Rotterdam on 8 April 1645.^[1] His works show familiarity with Rembrandt's studio and he was in Amsterdam in 1645 while being a member of the painter's guild in Middelburg the same year. He became dean of the Middelburg guild in 1653, but he died there the next year.^[1]

Life[]

Little is known about the artist's life and only a small number of his works - mostly genre scenes - have survived. Slabbaert was born around 1619 in Zierikzee in the Dutch province of Zeeland . He married in Amsterdam in 1645 and settled in Middelburg. Here he was head of the Guild of St. Luke in 1653 . The painter Abraham Borm († 1668) was one of his students . In his group portrait with soldiers ( Mauritshuis Den Haag) he depicted himself in the foreground. A portrait of a painter ( Städel, Frankfurt am Main) a self-portrait of the artist. Karel Slabbaert died in Leiden in 1654 and was buried in Middelburg on November 6 of that year.

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  Toebackje still life, 1641

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  Portrait of Cornelia Bouwers

References[]

• 72964 RKD record for Karel Slabbaert

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