Abraham Govaerts

Abraham Govaerts (Antwerp, 1589–9 September 1626) was a Flemish Baroque painter who specialized in small cabinet-sized forest landscapes in the manner of Jan Brueghel the Elder and Gillis van Coninxloo.Hans Vlieghe (1998). "Flemish Art and Architecture, 1585-1700". Pelican History of Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, pp. 180–181. ISBN 0300070381] He became a master in Antwerp's guild of St. Luke in 1607–1608, and subsequently trained several other painters in including Alexander Keirincx.Hans Devisscher, "Govaerts [Goevaerts; Gouvaert; Goyvaert] , Abraham," "Grove Art Online". Oxford University Press, [accessed November 11, 2007] .] Govaerts' paintings, such as "A Forest View with the Sacrifice of Isaac" (Alte Pinakothek, Munich), typically show diminutive history, mythological or biblical subjects within a Mannerist three-color universal landscape bracketed by repoussoir trees. The figures were often added by other artists, especially by members of the Francken family.

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