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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