About Jan Baptist Wolfaerts
Lived 1625 – 1687 (aged 61–62). Jan Baptist Wolfaerts was a painter.
Jan Baptist Wolfaerts (Antwerp, baptized on 15 November 1625 – Antwerp (?), between 1671 and 1687) was a Flemish painter known for his pastoral landscape with shepherds and cattle and Italianate landscapes. He trained in Antwerp and subsequently worked for extensive periods in Italy and the Dutch Republic.
Life Wolfaerts was born in Antwerp as the son of Artus Wolfaerts, a prominent painter of religious and mythological scenes. His father was likely his first teacher. When Jan Baptist was 16 years old, his father died. it is believed he then traveled to Rome via Paris. There is no evidence for this trip but the italianate aspects in some of his early works from between 1644 and 1646 make such a trip likely.
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Who was Jan Baptist Wolfaerts?
Flemish painter (1625–1687)
When was Jan Baptist Wolfaerts born?
Jan Baptist Wolfaerts was born in 1625 in Antwerp.
When did Jan Baptist Wolfaerts die?
Jan Baptist Wolfaerts died in 1687 in Antwerp.
What was Jan Baptist Wolfaerts's occupation?
Jan Baptist Wolfaerts was a painter.
What nationality was Jan Baptist Wolfaerts?
Jan Baptist Wolfaerts's recorded nationality: Habsburg Netherlands.
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