Jeanne Vergouwen - two young boys dressed up as knights 1668

Johanna Vergouwen (also: Jeanne Vergouwen or Joanna Vergouwen) (1630 in

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– 11 March 1714 in Antwerp) was a

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and copyist.

Life

She was brought up in a family of painters.Jeanne Vergouwen
at the

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She was the daughter of the Flemish painter-decorator Louis Vergouwen (died 1659) and his wife Maaike Verwerff, who was the daughter of the painter

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. Her sister Maria (died 1664) married the painter

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in 1661. Immenraet and Joanna Vergouwen engaged in extensive litigation regarding her sister's inheritance. She studied with Balthazar van den Bossche and

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. She was active as a painter, copyist and art dealer. The 17th century Flemish biographer

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refers to her in his

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in the chapter on noteworthy female painters. He describes her as a copyist of

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and

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Works

* ''Portrait of Andries Rademaker, Notary, Displaying a Statuette'', oil on panel, 1656,

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. * ''A double portrait of two boys, full-length, dressed as knights, one holding a flute, the other on a hobby-horse holding a whip, both standing on a balcony'', oil on canvas, 1668, Christie's Amsterdam, sold 6 May 2008 for €120,250, lot nr. 180A double portrait of two boys, full-length, dressed as knights, one holding a flute, the other on a hobby-horse holding a whip, both standing on a balcony
– The boys are believed to be Hendrick & Everard Kochman, sons of Herman Franciscus Kochman, the mayor of

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. * ''Samson and Delilah'', 1673, copy of a picture by Anthony van Dyck, Mexico, Museo Nacional de San Carlo.

Bibliography

E. Duverger, "The Antwerp painter Joanna Vergouwen (1630–1714)" ''Jaarboek van het Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten'', Antwerp, 2000.

References

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