Maximilian Herregouts (

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1674) was a painter from the artist family Herregouts. Maximilian Herregouts was born in

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). He was the son of David Herregouts and Cecilia Genits. He was thus a brother of fellow painters Hendrik I, Guillaume and Jan Baptist Herregouts. His sister Elisabeth married

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painter Gillis Smeyers. Two works by Herregouts are known, one entitled ''Kitchen, in which a woman is busy baking pancakes'' (1674), dated and signed with his name, and a second entitled ''Eliezer and Rebecca at the well''.Andries Van den Abeele, ''Jan-Baptist Herregouts, kunstschilder en brouwer''
in: Biekorf, 1995, blz. 87-92 Maximilian Herregouts (active circa 1674), ''Eliezer and Rebecca at the well''
at Christie's

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Herregouts, Maximilian Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 17th-century Dutch painters 17th-century Flemish painters People from Roermond Painters from Limburg (Netherlands)