Jacob van Oost

Jacob van Oost the Elder ( * around 1600 in Bruges, † 1671 in Bruges ) was a Flemish painter of the Baroque in Bruges. His oeuvre includes historical and portrait paintings.

Life and work

On January 19, 1619 was Jacob van Oost as an apprentice of his brother Franz van Oost (1618 free master in Bruges, † 1625 ) listed in the Bruges painters' guild. His early works include copies of the paintings of Jan van Eyck and Peter Paul Rubens, who were in 1857 partly as originals. In 1621 he was appointed as an independent master. At the moment, he studied in the 20s in Italy, influenced by Carravaggio works Hannibal / Annibale Carracci. After his return he became a sought-after 1630 contract artist for portraits, historical paintings and altarpieces. In 1633, the dean of guild signs found his election as leader instead. His students included, among others his sons Jacob van Oost the Younger, who continued the school of his father and Willem van Oost ( ~ March 8, 1651 in Bruges, † August 31, 1866 ibid ), the painter and Dominican lay brother was.

After his Rubens copies he came to his own style in dark and clayey overall attitude. His late work from 1660 consists of blackish toned works. His paintings can be found in religious institutions and collections in Bruges, as well as in the Belgian private property and in the following museums of Bergues, Berlin, Brussels, Caen, Dijon, Dunkerque, Leningrad, Lille, London, Lyon, New York City ( Histor.Soc. Cat 1903, Metropolitan Museum ), Ostend, Paris, Tournai, Valenciennes and Vienna.

1648 Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk, Bruges, Belgium

David defeated Goliath, 1648, Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Groeningemuseum, Bruges

Works (selection)

  • Before 1630 Christ on the Cross with Mary, John and Magdalena ( first work n his Italian excursion), a convent church of the Black Sisters
  • 1633 Portrait, Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin
  • 1645 Portrait of a Bruges Family, Oil on canvas, 150.5 x 255.5 cm, Groeningemuseum, Bruges
  • 1646 painting, Our Lady Church, Bruges
  • 1648 Painting, ibid
  • 1659 The announcement of the death sentence in court in the courtroom, Jesuit Church, Bruges
  • 1668 A theologian and his secretary, Oil on canvas, 116 x 222 cm, Groeningemuseum, Bruges
  • Descent from the Cross, ibid
  • Baptism of Christ, Salvatorkirche
  • St. Hubert, Altarpiece
  • An angel shows Maria the sufferings tools
  • Jesus says goodbye to his mother
  • St. Gertrude he has a portrait of his daughter used for their physiognomy, a nun of the Abbey
  • Pentecost, in this work we find his own portrait ( apostle ) and his son (assistant character who pushes back the curtain )
  • Portrait of a man in black tunic, State Museum, Berlin
  • St Augustine Washing the Feet of Christ, Bruges
  • St. Anthony of Padua and the Christ Child, Bruges
  • St. Anthony of Padua, who brought a dead man, Bruges
  • Elderly woman praying, 28 /22, 2in, Hamburger Kunsthalle, OVE - 5826
  • La Partie de Musique, Brussels
  • Card Players, Dunkirk
  • Adoration of the Child Jesus, Hermitage, St. Petersburg
  • Victorious David, ibid
  • Portrait of a man, Lille
  • Portrait of a boy, the National Gallery, London
  • Old man in meditation, Museum of Fine Arts, Lyon
  • Young man getting a ticket, ibid
  • Young man writing, Nantes
  • St. Charles Borromeé that brings the Communion the plague in Milan, Louvre, Paris
  • Woman portrait, Poitiers
  • St. Martin van Bode, Tournai
  • Scream Bender Edelmann, Tournai
  • Adoration of the Shepherds, Valenciennes
  • The birth, Vienna
  • Portrait of a young man, Louvre, Paris
  • Elderly woman praying, 28 /22, 2in, Hamburger Kunsthalle
  • Mercury and Jupiter in the house of Philemon and Baucis, 65.4 / 92.2 in, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco California USA
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