Emanuel de Witte
Emanuel de Witte (* around 1617 in Alkmaar , † 1692 in Amsterdam through suicide ) was a Dutch painter . As the son of a teacher, he joined the painters' guild of Alkmaar in 1636 , soon afterwards went to Rotterdam and worked in Delft from around 1641 to 1649 . Then he then took up residence in Amsterdam.
Emanuel de Witte was an excellent architectural painter who mainly painted the interiors of Reformed and Catholic churches in Holland , less often views of streets and squares. Pictures of him, whose main attraction lies in the fine lighting effect, can be found in the museums of Amsterdam, Brussels , Berlin ( The Synagogue of Amsterdam ), Braunschweig , Hamburg , Rotterdam ( The Amsterdam Fish Market ) and Weimar .
After a life darkened by worries, arguments, lawsuits, provocations, humiliations and the early death of two wives, he committed suicide in Amsterdam in 1692.
Selection of works
- Amsterdam Oude Kerk during the sermon, around 1660, canvas, 79 × 64 cm. London , National Gallery.
- Delft Nieuwe Kerk, 1656, canvas, 97 × 85 cm. Lille , Palais des Beaux-Arts.
- Delfter Oude Kerk during the sermon, 1651, wood, 59 × 43 cm. London, Wallace Collection.
- The Amsterdam Stock Exchange, 1653, wood, 49 × 48 cm. Rotterdam, Museum van der Vorm.
- Fischmarkt, 1672, canvas, 68 × 76 cm. Rotterdam, Boymans-van Beuningen Museum.
- Interior view of a synagogue, around 1680, wood, 55 × 45 cm. Formerly: Berlin, Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum.
- Interior, around 1660, canvas, 77 × 104 cm. Rotterdam, Boymans-van Beuningen Museum.
- Jupiter and Mercury in Philemon and Baucis, 1647, wood, 54 × 62 cm. Delft, Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof.
- Classicist Catholic Church, 1685, canvas, 67 × 56 cm. Zurich, Kunsthaus.
- Palazzo in an Italian city: Fantastic view of Rome, 1664, canvas, 67 × 67 cm. Saint Petersburg , Hermitage.
- Interior view of the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft, 1644, oil / canvas, 78.9 × 67 cm, Residenzgalerie Salzburg
literature
- Hermann Arthur Lier: Witte, Emanuel de . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 43, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, p. 592.
- I. Manke, Emanuel de Witte , Amsterdam 1963.
- EP Richardson, De Witte and the imaginative nature of Dutch art in Art Quarterly I, 1938, pp. 5 ff.
- Walter Hertzsch: Emanuel de Witte (painter and work) . Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1980
Web links
- Emanuel de Witte at artfacts.net
- Selection of works, exhibitions and literature on Emanuel de Witte at Publications on (Art) History
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Witte, Emanuel de |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1617 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Alkmaar |
DATE OF DEATH | 1692 |
Place of death | Amsterdam |