Hendrick Goudt

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Hendrick Goudt
Philemon and his wife Baucis hospitably entertain Jupiter and Mercury in travellers' guise.
Birth name	Hendrick Goudt
Born	ca. 1583
Died	1648 (aged 64–65) Utrecht
Nationality	Netherlands
Field	Painting
Movement	Baroque

Hendrick Goudt (c. 1583 – 18 December 1648)^[1] was a Dutch Golden Age painter of landscapes and religious subjects who was strongly influenced by Adam Elsheimer.

Biography

Goudt was born in Utrecht. According to Houbraken, he was in Rome at the same time as Adam Elsheimer and the two struck up a lasting friendship.^[2] Upon his return in the Netherlands, he made a series of prints of Elsheimer's work (popularizing, for example, Flight into Egypt), and also painted several copies of Elsheimer's paintings. Houbraken wrote that he was given an aphrodisiac in 1624 by a young lady who wished to marry him, and this addled his brain to the point that until his death he could only discuss art topics coherently.

He was in Rome in the years (1608–1610) and spent the rest of his life in Utrecht, where he died.^[1]

References

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↑ 1.0 1.1 RKD entry on Hendrick Goudt
↑ (Dutch) Hendrik Gaud biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature

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Persondata
Name	Goudt, Hendrick
Alternative names
Short description	Dutch painter
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	1648
Place of death	Utrecht

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