Jacob Ferdinand Voet
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Jacob Ferdinand Voet was a Flemish Baroque portrait painter.
until he was banned for his portraits of women portrayed with unseemly decolleté, whereupon they left Rome together. He undertook a journey to Paris in 1686 where he became court painter until he died there. He is registered as a painter of miniature portraits.
According to Houbraken, he made his return journey to Antwerp from Turin in the company of Jan van Bunnik
, who he had already met in Rome in the company of Cornelis Bloemaert. From Turin they set out for Lyons, where they met Adriaen van der Cabel
, Peter van Bloemen
, and Gillis Wenix. They set off for Paris in the company of a third painter who was a good painter of "bataljes" or battle scenes. Houbraken reports that this was Jacob
, Jan van Bunnik's brother, but had not mentioned him earlier in his Jan van Bunnik biography.
Over Jacob Ferdinand Voet, Houbraken mentions that according to Jan van Bunnik (who was living in Utrecht when Houbraken was writing his book), Voet had drawn a picture in charcoal of all of the Bentvueghels
on the white-washed wall of an inn in Rome that was a popular meeting place of that club. The picture was treasured enough to be spared whenever the walls were repainted.
Biography
According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD) he was born at Antwerp as the son of the painter Elias Voet. He travelled to Rome in 1679-1680, Milan in 1680, Florence in 1681, Turin in 1682-1684, and returned to Antwerp in 1684. While in Rome he lived with the painter-engraver Cornelis BloemaertCornelis Bloemaert
Cornelis Bloemaert II , was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver.-Biography:Bloemaert was born at Utrecht. He studied with his father, Abraham Bloemaert, his brothers Hendrick and Adriaan, and his father's pupil, Gerard van Honthorst...
until he was banned for his portraits of women portrayed with unseemly decolleté, whereupon they left Rome together. He undertook a journey to Paris in 1686 where he became court painter until he died there. He is registered as a painter of miniature portraits.
According to Houbraken, he made his return journey to Antwerp from Turin in the company of Jan van Bunnik
Jan van Bunnik
Jan van Bunnik was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.-Biography:He was born at Utrecht in 1654 where he was sent to learn draftsmanship from Herman Saftleven in 1668, under whom he studied three years; he afterwards spent some time in the Duchy of Cleves and met Gerard Hoet, who convinced him...
, who he had already met in Rome in the company of Cornelis Bloemaert. From Turin they set out for Lyons, where they met Adriaen van der Cabel
Adriaen van der Cabel
Adriaen van der Cabel or Ary van der Touw , was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter active in France and Italy.-Biography:He was born and grew up in the small town of Rijswijk, near The Hague. Cabel was also known as Ary...
, Peter van Bloemen
Peter van Bloemen
Pieter van Bloemen, called Standaart , first name also spelled Peter or Peeter, was a Flemish painter....
, and Gillis Wenix. They set off for Paris in the company of a third painter who was a good painter of "bataljes" or battle scenes. Houbraken reports that this was Jacob
Jacob van Bunnik
Jacob van Bunnik , was a Dutch Golden Age painter of battle scenes and the brother of Jan van Bunnik.-Biography:...
, Jan van Bunnik's brother, but had not mentioned him earlier in his Jan van Bunnik biography.
Over Jacob Ferdinand Voet, Houbraken mentions that according to Jan van Bunnik (who was living in Utrecht when Houbraken was writing his book), Voet had drawn a picture in charcoal of all of the Bentvueghels
Bentvueghels
The Bentvueghels were a society of mostly Dutch and Flemish artists active in Rome from about 1620 to 1720. They are also known as the Schildersbent .-Activities:...
on the white-washed wall of an inn in Rome that was a popular meeting place of that club. The picture was treasured enough to be spared whenever the walls were repainted.