Gabriël van der Hofstadt

Gabriël van der Hofstadt (1620, Brussels – 1690, Antwerp), was a Flemish Baroque painter of religious works.

Biography

According to Houbraken he was born in Brussels and became a portrait painter.^[1] 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.^[1]

According to the RKD he claimed to be 24 years old in 1645.^[2] No known works survive.^[2] Cornelis de Bie called him "Gerrit van Hoochstad"^[2] in his book of painter biographies called Het Gulden Cabinet. He claimed that he was a highly regarded painter who was good at portraiture, but became more interested in the mystery of the passion and painted many holy saints and altarpieces that could be seen in the churches of Brussels and its surrounding towns.^[3] Houbraken used De Bie as his source, and spelled the name "Gerrit van Hoochstadt".^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c (Dutch) Gerrit van Hoochstadt Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
^ ^a ^b ^c Gabriël van der Hofstadt in the RKD
^ Het Gulden Cabinet, p 413

Persondata
Name	Hofstadt, Gabriël van der
Alternative names
Short description	Dutch Golden Age
Date of birth	1620
Place of birth	Brussels
Date of death	1690
Place of death	Antwerp