Discover print artist, painter, draftsperson Abraham Genoels (II)

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: Archimedes
Genouil, Abraham
Genoyel
Genouelle
Archimedes was his bent-name (Houbraken 1719 / 1721, Richefort 1986, note 37).

Monogram: AG

Qualifications: print artist, painter, draftsperson, etcher, tapestry designer, pattern painter

Nationality/school: South Netherlandish

Born: Antwerp (city) 1640-05/1640-05-25
christened 25 May 1640 (Rombouts/Van Lerius 1872, vol.2, p. 414-416, note 1)

Deceased: Antwerp (city) 1723-05-10
He was buried in the Dominican Church (Rombouts/Van Lerius 1872, vol.2, p. 414-416, note 1).

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of the 'styfselmaker' Peeter Genoels and Cornelia Melis; cousin of Laureys Franck

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

Genoels painted backgrounds for Le Brun's paintings.

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Education: Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture (Parijs)

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Antwerpen (stad)
in Antwerpen trained by Jacob Backereel and Nicolaes Fierlants
Amsterdam (stad) 1659
According to Houbraken, he travelled over Amsterdam by ship to Rotterdam and Dieppe. His father sent a certain George Remeeus [= Gerogius Remeeus] with him to look after him.
Rotterdam (stad) 1659
Dieppe (Frankrijk) 1659
Parijs 1659 - 1669
was welcomed here by his cousin Laureys Franck (Houbraken 1721, p. 97). Painted cartons for tapestries and decorations for François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois and the Princess of Condé as an assistent of Gilbert de Sève; settled in Faubourg St. Germain, where De Sève lived as well (Houbraken 1721). He became a member of the Académie in Paris in 1665 and worked for the Gobelins. In Rombouts/Van Lerius 1872, vol. 2, p. 414-416, note 1: '4 January 1665, Abraham Genoels from Antwerp, landscapist, left for Antwerp, after having helped M. Charles Lebrun in painting the backgrounds to his paintings' (quoted from L. Dussieux, Documents I, p. 365). How long he stayed in Antwerp before returning to Paris is not mentioned. On 7 May 1662 he was a witnes at the wedding of tapissier Guy de Lanoy in the parish of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie. On 1 February 1664 he presented his painting of a landscape to the Académie and was accepted as a member (Levert 2017A).
Lille (Frankrijk)
He was sent at the command of Louis XIV to make a drawing of the Castle of Mariemont in Brussels, to be woven in a tapestry, on which journey Jan Huchtenburg and Adriaen Frans Boudewijns accompanied him to Amiens and from there to Lille, Tournai, Mons in Hainaut and so on to Mariemont. There he drew the castle in three views, and arrived in Antwerp after eleven days (Houbraken 1721, p. 99-100).
Doornik
Mons (België)
Mariemont (Morlanwelz)
Antwerpen (stad)
again in Antwerp in 1669
Parijs 1670 - 1672-08-18
On 12 January 1670 he was present at the wedding of his friends Adrian Francois Baudouin, together with the Scotin brothers and François vander Meulen, brother of the bride. On 18 August 1672 he was godfather to Abraham, son of engraver Nicolas Levesque (Levert 2017A).
Antwerpen (stad) 1672 - 1674-09-08
master in the Guild of St. Luke, Antwerp between 18 September 1672 and 18 September 1673 (Rombouts/Van Lerius 1872/1961). On 8 September he travelled to Italy in the company of the Frans Moens from Middelburg, Marselis Liberechts (who had been in Rome before), the sculptor Pieter Verbruggen II, a canon from Lier, the engraver Clovet [Davit Clouet II? rather than Albertus Clouwet, RvL July 2020] Abraham van den Heuvel, who was a merchant of Napels, and Soldiano, a merchant of Venice (Houbraken 1721, p. 100-101).
Keulen (stad) 1674
stayed 4/5 days, then went by boat to Mainz (Houbraken 1721, p. 101)
Mainz
Houbraken 1721, p. 101
Frankfurt am Main (stad) 1674
after a stay if 4 days by carriage to Augsburg (Houbraken 1721, p. 101)
Augsburg 1674
then by way of Tirol, Innsbruck, Trento, Treviso, Mestre, Venice, Ferrara, Bologna, Loreto
Tirol (deelstaat) 1674
Innsbruck
Trento 1674
Mestre (Venezia) 1674
from there by ship to Venice (Houbraken 1721, p. 101)
Venetië 1674
Ferrara 1674
Bologna (stad) 1674
stay of 4 days, then by carriage to Loreto (Houbraken 1721, p. 101)
Loreto (Italië)
Rome 1674-11-04 - 1682-05-25
The company arrived in Rome on 4 November 1674; on 3 January 1675 he was initiated in the Bent, with the nickname Archimedes (Houbraken 1721, p. 101). He lived in Via Sant'Andrea delle Fratte with David de Conick (Noack 1927).
Rome 1674-04-11 - 1682-05-25
lived in the Via San Isidoro (Noack 1927). On April 25, 1682, he left Rome to travel to Paris (Saur 2006). He travelled back from Rome to Paris with Pierre Lavrion and two French sculptors, Caralier and Monier, following the route below (Houbraken 1721).
Florence
Siena (plaats)
Pisa (stad)
Livorno (stad)
Genua
Nice
Villefranche-sur-Mer
La Ciotat
Marseille
from Marseille on mules to Avignon (Houbraken 1721)
Avignon
Lyon
from Lyon on horseback to 'Forraren' (Houbraken 1721)
Clermont-Ferrand
probably, if 'Forraren' mentioned by Houbraken can be identified with Clermond-Ferrand (R. van Leeuwen, June 2021)
Orléans (Loiret)
Parijs 1682
After being absent from the city, he wrote a letter to the Académie dated 30 July 1700 to account for his activities (Levert 2017A)
Antwerpen (stad) 1682-12-08 - 1723
On December 8, 1682 he arrived in Antwerp, where he remained (Houbraken 1721).

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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.: Backereel, Jacques
Fierlants, Nicolaas Marten
Pupil of Backereel 1651-55; Fierlants 1659
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Millet, Francisque (II)
Roore, Jacques Ignatius de

Jean François Millet, 1659; Rombouts/Van Lerius 1872/1961, vol. 2: Peeter Beethoven is his apprentice 1689-1690 (p.543, 545); Gillis Bisschop 1692-1693 (p. 559); Ferdinandus Goffine 1694-1695 (p. 574); Jacobus Martens 1695-96 (p. 582, 588); Simon Kin, 1695=96 (p. 583, 587); Alexander Smits, Gaspar van Ysendyk, Jan-Frans Herreberti (for drawing), Jan-Carel van Paeffenrode 1697-98 (p. 606); Peeter Ilemans, 1700-01 (p. 626)
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Boudewijns, Adriaen Frans

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), architecture (genre), mythology, fruit piece

Medium/technique: oil paint

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Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 2 (1719), p. 131, 328, 351, vol. 3 (1721), p. 65, 96-105, 204, 340 (as: Abraham Genoels)
Rombouts/Van Lerius 1872/1961 , vol.2, p. 414*, 426, 543, 545, 559, 563, 574, 579, 582, 583, 587, 588, 606*, 626, 732 (as: Abraham Genoels (II) (p. 414, 426, 559, 563, 574, 579, 582, 587, 588, 606, 732); as: (Abraham) Genoels (p. 543); as: Abram Genoels (p. 545); as: Abraham Genols (Genoels II) (p. 583); as: Abram Genoels (II) (p. 626))
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 13 (1920), p. 395-397 (as: Genoels, Abraham (2))
Noack 1927 , vol. 2, P. 201
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 168 (as: A. Genoels)
Hoogewerff 1942 , p. 55, 152, 155, 260, 263
Hollstein et al. 1949-2010 , vol. 7 [1952], p. 98-99 (as: Abraham Genoels, named Archimedes)
Hoogewerff 1952 , p. 115-117, 122, 136, 155
Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 110 (as: Genoels, Abraham (Archimedes))
Van der Willigen/De Kinkelder (typescript 1993/1998) (as: Genoels, Abraham (II))
Van der Willigen/Meijer 2003 , p. 89 (as: Abraham (II) Genoels)
Biard 2005 , p. 64-73
Saur 1992- , vol. 51 (2006), p. 351 (as: Genoels, Abraham le jeune (1640))
Bartoni 2012
Levert 2017A , Dossier prosopographique
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

H. Herluison, Actes d'état civil d'artistes français, peintres, graveurs, architectes, etc., extraits des registres de l'hôtel de ville de Paris détruits dans l'incendie du 24 mai 1871, Orléans 1873, p. 22.
D. Bodart, Les peintres de Pays-Bas Méridionaux et de la Principauté de Liège au XVIIème siècle, Brussels/Rome 1970, vol. 1, p. 314-339, ill.. in vol. 2
A. Zwollo, 'Abraham Genoels', in: Hollandse en Vlaamse veduteschilders te Rome (1675-1725), Assen 1973, p. 5-10
F. Robinson, The Illustrated Bartsch 5. Netherlandish Artists, New York 1979, p. 296-362
Isabelle Richefort, 'Nouvelles précisions sur la vie d'Adam François van der Meulen, peintre historiographe de Louis XIV', in: Bulletin de la société de l'histoire de l'art français, Année 1986 (1988), p. 65 and note 37
N. Wedde, Isaac de Moucheron (1667-1744), Frankfurt am Main 1996 (2 vols.), vol.1, p. 26

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Creation date: 1991-12-15; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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