Daniel Soreau (c.1554 – 28 March 1619) was a wool trader and still life painter from the

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who was active in Frankfurt.

Biography

Soreau was born in

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in 1554. He became a citizen of

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in 1586. He married Johanna Flamen. He inherited a wool trading company from his father Johann Soreau. He ran this company together with his brother Simon Soreau and his brother-in-law Stefan van Ninhoven, but could not prevent its bankruptcy in 1601. At times, the company had controlled the entire wool trade of Hesse and Wetterau.Gerhard Bott: Der Stillebenmaler Daniel Soreau und seine Schule in: Kurt Wettengl: Georg Flegel (1566 - 1638), Stilleben : [Publikation zur Ausstellung "Georg Flegel (1566 - 1638), Stilleben" des Historischen Museums Frankfurt am Main in Zusammenarbeit mit der Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt vom 18. Dezember bis 13. Februar 1994]. Hatje, Stuttgart 1993, p. 113 The painter and biographer Joachim von Sandrart wrote in his ''Teutsche Academie'' that Soreau became a painter at a more advanced age than usual.Daniel Soreau
in Sandrart's Teutsche Academie His pupils were his twin sons

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and Pieter, Francesco Codino,

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and Joachim von Sandrart. Soreau died only a year after Sandrart became his pupil in 1618.Daniel Soreau
in the RKD After Soreau died at Frankfurt, his workshop was taken over by Stoskopff, who had been his pupil from 1615.

Work

Sandrart stated that Soreau was good at painting "stillstehenden Sachen" (stationary subjects, probably meaning still lifes). No paintings by Soreau are known to date. However, there are engravings after Soreau by Johann Jenet, which are of subjects other than still lifes. A still life with a fruit basket has been attributed to him a few times, but without sufficient documentation. It is now believed to be by Jacob van Hulsdonck, who influenced Isaak Soreau.

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* 1560s births 1619 deaths 16th-century German painters German male painters 17th-century German painters Artists from Tournai {{Germany-painter-stub