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Adam de Coster
Habsburg Netherlands, 1586–1643
Adam de Coster was a Habsburg Netherlands Flemish Baroque painting painter. 3 works are cataloged here, principally at Statens Museum for Kunst, most of them oil paintings. Adam de Coster was born in Mechelen.
Adam de Coster (c. 1586 in Mechelen – 4 May 1643 in Antwerp) was a Flemish painter. He was a prominent member of the Antwerp Caravaggisti. These Caravaggisti were part of an international movement of European artists who interpreted the work of Caravaggio and the followers of Caravaggio in a personal manner.
He is mainly known for his genre scenes with strong chiaroscuro effects. He was called a Pictor Noctium (English: 'Painter of Nights') because of his preference for tenebrist scenes.
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