The Flemish artist family Herregouts is believed to comprise 5 members who were artists: David Herregouts and his four sons.
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David Herregouts

David Herregouts, the founder of the dynasty, was a

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painter born in

Mechelen Mechelen (; ; historically known as ''Mechlin'' in EnglishMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical context. T ...

in 1603 as the son of Sebastian Herregouts and Elisabeth De Gorter, daughter from a brewing family. He married Cecile Geniets from a butcher's family. He was a pupil of his cousin Salmier and a member of the Guild of St. Luke in his own city in 1624. In 1646 he moved to

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, where in 1647 he was received a member of the Guild of St. Luke. He had a successful career in Roermond as he enjoyed the patronage of prominent clients, including the bishop. He died in Roermond in 1663. David Herregouts had four sons named Hendrik, Willem, Jan Baptist and Maximilian who became painters. His chief work, "St. Joseph Awakened by an Angel", was painted for the church of St. Catherine in Mechelen.

Hendrik Herregouts

Hendrik Herregouts Hendrik Herregouts (1633 in Mechelen – 1704 in Antwerp) was a Flemish history and portrait painter and draughtsman with an international career spanning Italy, Germany and his native Flanders. Life Hendrik Herregouts was born in Mechelen as t ...

(

, 1633 –

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, 1704) was a

and

portrait A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face is always predominant. In arts, a portrait may be represented as half body and even full body. If the subject in full body better r ...

painter and draughtsman with an international career spanning Italy, Germany and his native Flanders.

Willem Herregouts

Willem Herregouts (probably Mechelen 1640 -

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1711) was a history painter who emigrated to Amiens in France where he was known ''inter alia'' as Guillaume Herregosse or Guillaume Hergosse and had a successful career.

Jan Baptist Herregouts

Maximilian Herregouts - Eliezer and Rebecca at the well

Jan Baptist Herregouts (

, c. 1646 –

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, 25 November 1721) was a

and

history painter History painting is a genre in painting defined by its subject matter rather than any artistic style or specific period. History paintings depict a moment in a narrative story, most often (but not exclusively) Greek mythology, Greek and Roman my ...

, etcher and brewer mainly active in Bruges.

Maximilian Herregouts

Little is known about Maximilian Herregouts other than two works, one entitled ''Kitchen, in which a woman is busy baking pancakes'' (1674) and a second entitled ''Eliezer and Rebecca at the well''.Maximilian Herregouts (active circa 1674), ''Eliezer and Rebecca at the well''
at Christie's

References

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