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Michael Sweerts. (Report from Europe).(painter)(Brief Article)
The painter Michael Sweerts was baptized in Brussels in 1618 in a Roman Catholic church. Nothing is known about his training, but he probably moved to Rome in the mid-1640s, where he appears in a church register from 1646 to 1651. He worked for Pope Innocent X, who knighted him, before moving back to Brussels in 1656. He is recorded in 1660 as being briefly in Amsterdam. In 1662 he joined a group of French missionaries and departed with them for China via Palestine. He was soon dismissed from the mission for unacceptable behavior, traveled alone to Goa, and died there in 1664.
For years Sweerts was known only for his etchings. Not until the beginning of the twentieth century were paintings attributed to others, including Poussin and Vermeer, recognized as being by Sweerts. The paintings fall mainly into two categories: genre scenes and religious subjects. The genre scenes, making up the majority of his work, have been compared to the ...
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- Magazine article from: Booklist Cassidy, Victor January 1, 2003 700+ words
...by Guido Jansen and others. Feb. 2003. 192p. illus. Univ. of Washington, $70 (90-400-8676-1). 759.92. Michael Sweerts, a Flemish painter of portraits, genre scenes, and religious subjects, also directed an art academy in Rome, traveled...
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