Discover painter Aernout Smit

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: Smidt, Aernout
Smit, Arnout
Smit, Aernout de
Smidt, Aernoudt de

Qualifications: painter

Nationality/school: North Netherlandish

Born: Amsterdam (city) 1640-06-24/1641
In a notarial deed he was called, in 1667 'omtrent 26 jaren' old (c. 26 years old) (Giltaij/Kelch 1996); also see Jager 2016, p. 340

Deceased: Amsterdam (city) 1710-07/1710-07-20
(probably) buried on 20 July 1710 on the Leidse Kerkhof (Giltaij/Kelch 1996)

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: He is probably the Aert Smit, who was baptized on 24 June 1640 in Nieuwpoort as son of Jan Cornelisz. from Langerak and Janneke Aers (Jager 2016, p. 340); on 1 september 1663 he posted banns in Amsterdam with Marretje Jans, giving his profession as 'sailor' (varensgezel)

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Amsterdam (stad) 1667 - 1710
c. 1667-1710: he is first mentioned as a painter in a document of art dealer Laurens Cornelisz. Conincks. He lived on Prinsengracht and later in the Reestraat. In 1688 he is mentioned in the Guild. At the time of his death he was living in the Vijzelstraat, corner Kerkstraat (Jager 2016, p. 340-341)

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Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Blankerhoff, Jan Theunisz.
Houbraken 1719
Follower of: Bakhuizen, Ludolf

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.: landscape (genre), beach scene

Medium/technique: oil paint

Member of

Sint-Lucasgilde (Amsterdam)

Literature

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 2 (1719), p. 200 (as: Arnout Smit)
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 31 (1937), p. 166
Bol 1973 , p. 308-309
Preston 1974
Van der Willigen/De Kinkelder (typescript 1993/1998)
Giltaij/Kelch 1996 , p. 383-386
De Beer 2002 , p. 192-197
Jager 2016 , p. 340-342
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

I.H. van Eeghen, 'Het Amsterdamse Sint Lucasgilde in de 17de eeuw', Jaarboek Amstelodamum 61 (1969), p. 65-102
M. Kruip, 'Hoe stevig staat de Tafelberg? Op zoek naar de beeldtraditie', Disipientia 11 (2004), no. 2, p. 24-29
T. van Run, 'De koepelzaal van Syllisburg; scheepsportretten in het landhuis Trompenburg te 's-Gravenland', Oud Holland 126 (2013), p. 31-48

Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Amsterdam: DTB-registers (access no. 5001), 685: 345

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Creation date: 1992-01-25; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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