- Gerard Seghers
Gerard Seghers (
Antwerp , 1591–18 March 1651 ), also Zegers, was aFlemish Baroque painter and one of the leadingCaravaggisti in theSouthern Netherlands . He was possibly a student of eitherAbraham Janssens orHendrick van Balen , but it was during his trip toItaly around 1613 that he came under the influence ofCaravaggio 's followers.Bartolomeo Manfredi , in particular, was influential. Many other Dutch and Flemish painters were working in the style there, such asGerard Honthorst , which is strongly characterized half-length figures illuminated by strong lighting and dramatic "chiaroscuro ." One work from this period is his "Judith with the Head of Holofernes" in theGalleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica ,Rome . Caravaggism, both in history and monumentalgenre painting s, continued to mark Seghers's works when he returned to Antwerp around 1620. After 1630, however, his palette lightens up considerably and the influence ofPeter Paul Rubens is noticeable in paintings like the "Adoration of the Magi " (1630) in the Church of Our Lady,Bruges .ources
*Carl van de Velde, "Seghers [Zegers] , Gerard," "Grove Art Online".
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*Hans Vlieghe (1998). "Flemish Art and Architecture, 1585-1700". Pelican History of Art. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300070381
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