Discover painter, draftsperson Willem de Poorter

Qualifications: painter, draftsperson

Nationality/school: North Netherlandish
of Southern-Netherlandisch descent

Born: Haarlem (city) 1608
Haarlem?

Deceased: Haarlem (city) 1648
Haarlem? after 1648

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Pieter de Poorter and Janneke Bernaerts from Mosele in Flanders

This person/entity in other databases

76 hits in RKDimages as artist
1 hit in RKDlibrary as subject
268 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist
33 hits in RKDtechnical as artist

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Haarlem (stad) 1630 - 1645
mentioned as painter in Haarlem from 1631; member of the Guild of Saint Luke in 1634; still mentioned in a deed signed by his brother Jan on 8 July 1648 in Haarlem (Briels 1997)
Wijk aan Zee 1642
is styled 'Schout tot Wyck' on 27 October 1642, although he seems to have remained living in Haarlem (Briels 1997)

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Connections with other artists

Followed by This field mentions the artist’s emulators. Although students can naturally also be followers, they are not mentioned again here. What is meant by followers are those who continue to work in the spirit of a predecessor. Sometimes this may happen a century later; there is no time limit. What is at issue, however, is that someone’s oeuvre must substantially follow in the manner of the artist emulated.: Sorgh, Hendrick Martensz.
Influenced by In contrast with ‘follower of’, we speak of ‘influenced by’ when an artist was influenced outside the context of an educational setting or servile following. An artist can be influenced by several artists at once, or in succession. In addition, there may be question of a transition to a personal style which may demonstrate development.: Rembrandt
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Thivart, Daniël

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: history (genre), Christian religious scene, mythology, allegory, still life, portrait, vanitas (still life)

Medium/technique: oil paint

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Sint-Lucasgilde (Haarlem)

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 1 hit in RKDlibrary as subject

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 3 (1721), p. 61 (as: Poorter)
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 27 (1933), p. 258-259 (as: Poorter, Willem de)
Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 248 (as: Poorter, Willem de)
Miedema 1980 , p. 433, 535, 598
Sumowski 1979-1992 , vol. 9 (1985), p. 4791-4806
Briels 1997 , p. 369
Goosens 2001 , p. 429
Van der Willigen/Meijer 2003 , p. 162-163 (as: Willem de Poorter)
Dittrich 2010 , p. 125-135
Saur 1992- , vol. 96 (2017), p. 325
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

Th. von Frimmel, 'Ein monogrammiertes Werk von Willem de Poorter', Studien und Skizzen zur Gemäldekunde, 2/5-6 (1916), p. 93-95 (vergelijk Sumowski 1985, nr. 1643)
Chr. Dittrich, 'Kreidezeichnungen von Willem de Poorter. Eine unbekannte Gruppe von Figurzeichnungen des Rembrandt-Schülers im Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden', Jahrbuch Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden 27 (1998-1999), p. 15-24
J. Tatrai, 'Allegory on the Colonial Power. A Recently Discovered Painting by Willlem de Poorter', Bulletin du Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts = Bulletin a Szépmüvészeti Múzeum Közleményei, Bulletin du Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts (2011), p. 98-111
A. Waiboer, in: Journal of historians of Netherlandish art 5/2 (Summer 2013) (online)

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Creation date: 1992-01-24; Last modified date: 2023-03-27

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