Jan Josef Horemans

Workshop with shoemaker, butcher, and lacemaker

Tea drinking company, Hallwyl Museum

Jan Josef Horemans the Elder (1682 – 1759), was an 18th-century painter from the Southern Netherlands.

Biography

He was born in Antwerp and became the pupil of the painter Jan van Pee and the sculptor Michiel Frans van der Voort.^[1] In 1706 he became master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke as a pupil of the sculptor Van der Voort.^[1] The next year he married his teacher's daughter Maria-Francisca.^[1] Their son Jan Josef II and his younger brother Pieter Jacob also became painters.^[1] He is known for portraits, genre works, and historical allegories.^[1] He died in Antwerp.

References

Notes

Sources

• 9 Paintings by Jan Josef Horemans at the BBC Your Paintings site
• Jan Josef Horemans on Artnet

Further Reading

• Liedtke , Walter A. (1984). Flemish paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 0870993569.  (see index, v.1: Horemans, Jan Joseph I).

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