Isaak Soreau - Still Life with Chinese Bowl and Vase of Flowers - Walters 371902

Isaak Soreau (1604 in

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– 1644 in Frankfurt), was a German Baroque painter.

Biography

According to the RKD he was the son of the painter

Daniel Soreau Daniel Soreau (c.1554 – 28 March 1619) was a wool trader and still life painter from the Southern Netherlands who was active in Frankfurt. Biography Soreau was born in Tournai in 1554. He became a citizen of Frankfurt in 1586. He married Joh ...

, and the twin brother of Peter, who went to live in Amsterdam on the

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, where he became engaged on 17 April 1677, aged 31, to Louysa Eygels.Isaak Soreau
in the RKD His witness was his mother Constantia Hochepied. His works are strongly reminiscent of the painter

Jacob van Hulsdonck Jacob van Hulsdonck or Jan van Hulsdonck (1582, Antwerp – 1647, Antwerp), was a Flemish painter who played a role in the early development of the genre of still lifes of fruit, banquets and flowers. Life Jacob van Hulsdonck was born in Antw ...

, leading historians to believe that he must have worked for him in his workshop in Antwerp at some point, though this as yet has not been firmly documented, and it is more likely that he was taught by

Georg Flegel Georg Flegel (1566 – 23 March 1638) was a German painter, best known for his still-life works. Biography Flegel was born in Olmütz (Olomouc), Moravia. Around 1580 he moved to Vienna, where he became an assistant to Lucas van Valckenborch ...

during his Frankfurt years, whose works have been attributed in the past to

Osias Beert Osias Beert or Osias Beert the Elder (c. 1580 – 1623) was a Flemish painter active in Antwerp who played an important role in the early development of flower and "breakfast"-type still lifes as independent genres in Northern European art. He ...

. Soreau, the son of an Antwerp painter in Frankfurt, specialized in "table-top still lifes," featuring fruits, flowers, and insects. An Isaak Soreau was regent of the Nieuwe Zijds Huiszitten almshouse of Amsterdam in 1681.Amsterdam in zijn opkomst...
by

Jan Wagenaar Jan Wagenaar (25 October 1709 – 1 March 1773) was a Dutch historian, best known for his contributions to ''Tegenwoordige staat van nederland'' and ''Vaderlandsche Historie''. Biography Wagenaar was born in Amsterdam to a Mennonite master ...

and Isaak Tirion, Volume 2, p.268, 1765, on

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References

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