Willem Drost

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Self-portrait

Willem Drost (baptized April 19, 1633 in Amsterdam , † after February 25, 1659 in Venice ) was a Dutch painter.

Life

Drost was an important student of Rembrandt . His life and work have only been explored in more depth since the 1980s. Only recently has research been able to determine the approximate date of birth and death. Much of the records about his person are still based on communications from the art biographer Arnold Houbraken .

In the late 1640s, Drost was a student of Rembrandt. After completing his training, he traveled to Italy, where he worked with his painter colleague Jan van der Meer the Elder. J. is detectable. In Rome he met the Munich painter Johann Carl Loth , with whom he became friends and whom he later followed to Venice . Together they created a series with depictions of the evangelists, which can be traced back to 1709 in the Giorgio Bergonzi collection.

A source that cites the presence of a painter with the name “Drost” as a witness when the inventory of Jan van Spyckoort's painting collection in Rotterdam on December 23, 1680, probably refers to another man of the same name, perhaps a Pieter Drost.

The exceptionally high quality of the few signed works prompted research to assign him a few more high-quality works that were earlier attributed to Rembrandt himself, his workshop or his successor. Today Willem Drost is considered one of the most gifted successors of Rembrandt.

Works

  • Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
    • Daniel's vision. (attributed)
  • Berlin, private collection
    • Flute player. 1655–1659 (auctioned on October 27, 2004 at Christie's in London)
  • Budapest, Szépmüvészeti Múzeum
    • Portrait of a Woman. (attributed)
  • The Hague, Bredius Museum
    • Portrait of a Woman. around 1653
  • Dresden, Old Masters Picture Gallery
    • The sacrifice of Manoah. around 1650 (attributed)
    • Portrait of a man with a red fur cap in an armchair. around 1654
    • Young woman with pearl jewelry. around 1654
    • Mercury and Argus.
  • Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland
    • Portrait of a Man. around 1655
  • Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi
    • Self-portrait. around 1655–1659
  • Kassel, Old Masters Picture Gallery
    • Man in armor. around 1655
    • "Noli me tangere".
  • Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
    • Self-portrait. (Loan from private collection)
  • Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst
    • Reading young man leaning against the window of his study.
  • London, National Gallery
    • Portrait of a Young Woman. around 1653–1655
  • London, Wallace Collection
    • Portrait of a Young Woman. around 1654
    • The merciless servant. around 1655 (attributed)
  • Milwaukee, Collection Dr. Alfred Bader
    • Young Isaac. around 1652/53
  • New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
    • Portrait of a Man. around 1653
  • Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
    • Ruth and Naomi.
  • Paris, Musee National du Louvre
    • Bathsheba. 1654
    • Portrait of a Young Man in Livery. around 1654
  • Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art
    • Saint Matthew and the angel. around 1659
  • St. Petersburg, Hermitage
    • The professional Hannah with a child. (attributed)
  • Washington, National Gallery of Art
    • A philosopher. around 1653
  • Winterthur, Oskar Reinhart Collection "am Römerholz"
    • The sacrifice of Manoah. Drawing, around 1655
  • Whereabouts unknown
    • Portrait of a woman in a fantasy costume. 1650 (attributed)
    • Kitchen maid in a window. 1654 (auctioned on June 25, 2002 at Tajan, Espace in Paris)
    • Saint John the Evangelist in front of a landscape. around 1655 (auctioned on December 3, 1997 at Sotheby's in London)
    • Boy with straw hat and flute. 1655–1659 (auctioned on January 27, 2000 at Christie's in New York)
    • Portrait of a boy in a fantasy costume. (attributed - auctioned on November 17, 1993 at Sotheby's in Amsterdam)
    • Soldier. (attributed - auctioned on October 4, 1996 at Christie's in New York)
    • An officer. (auctioned on January 30, 1997 at Sotheby's in New York)

literature

  • Jonathan Bikker: Willem Drost (1633-1659) - A Rembrandt Pupil in Amsterdam and Venice . Yale University Press 2005

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Drost, Willem
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch painter
DATE OF BIRTH baptized April 19, 1633
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH after February 25, 1659
Place of death Venice