Barent Gael - Peasants by a cottage with a horse stalling

Barent Gael ( – 1698) was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...

landscape painter.

Biography

Gael was born in

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. According to Houbraken, he was a pupil of

Philips Wouwerman Philips Wouwerman (also Wouwermans) (24 May 1619 (baptized) – 19 May 1668) was a Dutch painter of hunting, landscape and battle scenes. Life and work Philips Wouwerman was one of the most versatile and prolific artists of the Dutch Golden ...

, who painted many battle pieces and ''staging areas'' (Dutch: ''pleisterplaatsen''). He was in the habit of keeping his own schedule at the risk of offending customers – Houbraken relates a moment when a patron came to his house for a viewing and he claimed he "wasn't at home". The patron was so insulted that when Gael came to him with the finished painting, he claimed he was now "not at home" and refused payment.Barent Gael Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

Arnold Houbraken Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...

, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature According to the RKD, he painted Italianate landscapes and was prominent in the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke by 1642. His latest known dated painting is from 1679, but his paintings are rarely dated. He is listed as dead in a list of guild members by Vincent van der Vinne's son Laurens in 1702.De archiefbescheiden van het St. Lukasgilde te Haarlem 1497-1798, Hessel Miedema, 1980, He moved from Haarlem to Amsterdam sometime between the years 1661 and 1673, where he remained until his death.Barent Gael
in the RKD An apprenticeship to Wouwerman was never found in the archives during the period under review, but he shows strong influence by Haarlem colleagues. He has a large oeuvre that is somewhat monotonous.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gael, Barent 1630 births 1698 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Artists from Haarlem Painters from Haarlem