Bartholomeus Breenbergh

Bartholomeus Breenbergh ( * before November 13, 1598 in Deventer, † after October 5, 1657 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter and etcher.

Work

Breenbergh went in 1620 to Rome, where he became the pupil of the painter Paul Bril. His artistic work, judging by Breenbergh was also very influenced by Cornelis van Poelenburgh and Adam Elsheimer. With Poelenburg, as well as with Elsheimer, Breenbergh created some paintings, of which but few still exist.

Between 1627 and 1628 Breenbergh returned to the Netherlands in 1633 and settled down in Amsterdam. There he married on August 27, 1633 Rebecca Schellingwouw; the Amsterdam preacher Anthony Schellingwouw was his brother in law. In his studio Breenbergh befriended with his colleague Pieter Potter.

1644 created the painter Jacob Adriaensz. Backer a portrait of Breenbergh, which in 1903 was incorrectly shown at an exhibition in The Hague as a self-portrait Backers. Only much later was the right pictured are verified.

At the age of about 60 years, the painter Bartholomeus Breenbergh died in 1663 in Amsterdam.

The engraver and etcher John de Bisshop, Gabriel Huquier, Pieter Nolpe and M. Schaep created some of their works after paintings by Breenbergh.

The artists LM Bacheley, Claude Victor de Boissieu, Thérèse Chenu ( with her siblings and Pierre Victoire ), Jean Louis Daudet and others were very influenced in part by the artistic creation Breenbergh.

Works (selection)

• Joseph in Egypt
• Martyrdom of St. Lawrence
• Morning on the Tiber
• The Coliseum