Gérard Douffet
Illustration — Portrait of Douffet, from the Alte Pinakothek in Munich • Illustration — The Taking of Christ by Douffet, c. 1620, now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Gerard Douffet (6 August 1594 – 1660/1661), also known as Doufeet or Duffeit, was a Walloon painter. He was born in Liège in 1594, and studied for some time at Antwerp, Belgium in the school of Rubens, and afterwards in Italy.
Also recorded as Gerard D'Ouffet · Gerard Douffeit · Gérard Duffait · Gerhardus Duffeit
Gérard Douffet
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- Born
- 1594 · Liège.
- Died
- 1660 · Liège.
- Nationality
- Prince-Bishopric of Liège
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson
- Fields
- history · religious · portrait
- Movements
- Caravaggisti · École liégeoise de peinture
- Teachers
- Jean Taulier
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Portrait of Douffet, from the Alte Pinakothek in Munich • Illustration — The Taking of Christ by Douffet, c. 1620, now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Gerard Douffet (6 August 1594 – 1660/1661), also known as Doufeet or Duffeit, was a Walloon painter. He was born in Liège in 1594, and studied for some time at Antwerp, Belgium in the school of Rubens, and afterwards in Italy.
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He composed and designed with good taste, and his historical pictures are much esteemed. 'Pope Nicholas V. at the Tomb of St. Francis of Assisi' (painted in 1627), 'St. Helena and the true Cross' (painted for the Abbaye Saint-Laurent de Liège), and two male portraits (one dated 1624), are in the Munich Gallery. He died in Liège, Belgium in 1660. • Illustration — Ecce Homo, until the 1950s attributed to Caravaggio: in 1998 sold for £91,700 at Christie's
Training under Jean Taulier is recorded. Bertholet Flémal, Jean-Gilles Delcour and Gérard Goswin are recorded as having studied under Gérard Douffet. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history, religious and portrait. Peter Paul Rubens and Caravaggio are recorded as an influence. Residence is recorded at Antwerp and Rome. Work by Gérard Douffet is recorded in the collections of Bavarian State Painting Collections, Nantes Museum of Arts, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille and Speed Art Museum.
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1594
Gérard Douffet born at Liège.
1660
Gérard Douffet died at Liège.
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- Antwerp, Rome and Venice
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Liège.
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scholarly publication
- Entre Lambert Lombard et Gérard Douffet: la génération perdue. Les peintres à Liège autour du règne d’Ernest de Bavière (1570-1620), De Diversis Artibus, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
- Le peintre Gérard Douffet, fondateur de l'école liégeoise du XVIIe siècle, Bulletin de la Classe des Beaux-Arts, 1988
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1988
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Le peintre Gérard Douffet, fondateur de l'école liégeoise du XVIIe siècle, Bulletin de la Classe des Beaux-Arts, 1988Crossref registry
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He trained under Jean Taulier. His recorded influences include Peter Paul Rubens and Caravaggio. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
The authorities additionally record the headings Gerard D'Ouffet, Gerard Douffeit, Gérard Duffait, Gerhardus Duffeit and Gerard Doufeet. His recorded language was French.
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Bavarian State Painting Collections, Nantes Museum of Arts, Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
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