Artus Wolffort

Arthur Wolffordt (* 1581 in Antwerp, † 1641 ibid.) (also: Wolfaerts, Wolffort, Wolfert ) was a Flemish painter.

Shortly after his birth his parents moved to Dordrecht. On December 29, 1603 he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke, but soon removed from her, since he was not wealthy enough. In 1615 he became an assistant of Otto van Veen in Antwerp. 1617 he reportedly at St. Paul's Cathedral in Antwerp painted at the altar The Resurrection and the Assumption.

In his workshop numerous works with religious themes have emerged.

Among his pupils were Pieter Van Mol and Pieter van Lint.

Works

  • Saint Matthew ( 1620), Musée des Beaux-Arts, Besançon
  • Feast of Achelous 1625-1629 KHM Database
  • Christ in the house of the Pharisee, Columbia Museum of Art
  • The four evangelists Le musée des Beaux- Arts de Bordeaux Bordeaux Museum
  • Democritus, the laughing philosopher, oil on wood
  • Esther in the women's house of Ahasuerus, oil on canvas, Robert Simon Fine Art

Family

Arthur Wolffordt was married in Antwerp. His son Jan Baptist Wolfert (* November 15, 1625, and after 1656) was also a painter, and one of his daughters married the painter Wilhelm van Herp ( 1614-1677 ).

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