Lodewijk Toeput
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Lodewijk Toeput, or il Pozzoserrato (ca.1550, Antwerp – 1605, Treviso
), was a Mannerist landscape painter active in Italy.
, he was a good poet (rederijker) as well as a painter, who he thought came from Mechelen
. Van Mander listed him with Dirck de Vries, a painter of kitchen pieces and fruit markets from Friesland
.
According to the RKD he was from Antwerp and spent most of his life in Treviso, Italy. He painted several historical allegories from the Bible and mythological themes from Metamorphoses.
Treviso
Treviso is a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 82,854 inhabitants : some 3,000 live within the Venetian walls or in the historical and monumental center, some 80,000 live in the urban center proper, while the city...
), was a Mannerist landscape painter active in Italy.
Biography
According to Karel van Mander who listed him as one of two painters from Northern Europe who he met in VeniceVenice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
, he was a good poet (rederijker) as well as a painter, who he thought came from Mechelen
Mechelen
Mechelen Footnote: Mechelen became known in English as 'Mechlin' from which the adjective 'Mechlinian' is derived...
. Van Mander listed him with Dirck de Vries, a painter of kitchen pieces and fruit markets from Friesland
Friesland
Friesland is a province in the north of the Netherlands and part of the ancient region of Frisia.Until the end of 1996, the province bore Friesland as its official name. In 1997 this Dutch name lost its official status to the Frisian Fryslân...
.
According to the RKD he was from Antwerp and spent most of his life in Treviso, Italy. He painted several historical allegories from the Bible and mythological themes from Metamorphoses.