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Hendrick ter Brugghen

Hendrick ter Brugghen Calling of St. Matthew oil painting on canvas
Calling of St. Matthew
Painting ID::  70866
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Hendrick ter Brugghen Calling of St. Matthew oil painting on canvas



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  Hendrick ter Brugghen
  (1588 - Nov 1, 1629) was a Dutch painter, and a leading member of the Dutch followers of Caravaggio ?? the so-called Dutch Caravaggisti. Little is known of the early life of ter Brugghen; he could have been born in The Hague, but his family seems to have moved to the strongly Catholic Utrecht in the early 1590s. Here he started painting at the age of thirteen, studying with Abraham Bloemaert. From Bloemaert, a Mannerist history painter, he learned the basics of the art. Around 1604, however, ter Brugghen travelled to Italy to expand his skills, a rather unusual move for Dutch painters at the time. He was in Rome in 1604, and could therefore have been in direct contact with Caravaggio.
  Calling of St. Matthew
  Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 102 x 137

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