Gabriël van der Hofstadt (1620,

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– 1690,

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), was a Flemish Baroque painter of religious works.

Biography

According to Houbraken he was born in Brussels and became a portrait painter.Gerrit van Hoochstadt Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

Arnold Houbraken Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch people, Dutch Painting, painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadt ...

, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature He later took to painting historical allegories, specializing in passion pieces and martyr works, of which many can still be seen in altarpieces in Brabant. According to the RKD he claimed to be 24 years old in 1645.Gabriël van der Hofstadt
in the

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No known works survive.

Cornelis de Bie Cornelis de Bie (10 February 1627 – ) was a Flemish '' rederijker'', poet, jurist and minor politician from Lier. He is the author of about 64 works, mostly comedies. He is known internationally today for his biographical sketches of Flemish ...

called him "Gerrit van Hoochstad" in his book of painter biographies called

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. He claimed that he was a highly regarded painter who was good at portraiture, but became more interested in the mystery of the

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and painted many holy saints and altarpieces that could be seen in the churches of Brussels and its surrounding towns.Het Gulden Cabinet, p 413 Houbraken used De Bie as his source, and spelled the name "Gerrit van Hoochstadt".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hofstadt, Gabriel Van Der 1620 births 1690 deaths Flemish Baroque painters Painters from Brussels