Artist
Cornelis de Wael
Southern Netherlands, 1592–1667
Cornelis de Wael was a Southern Netherlands Flemish Baroque painting painter. 8 works are cataloged here, principally at Hermitage Museum, most of them oil paintings. Cornelis de Wael was born in Antwerp.
Cornelis de Wael (Antwerp, 1592 – Rome, 1667) was a Flemish painter, engraver and merchant who was primarily active in Genoa in Italy. He is known for his genre paintings, battle scenes, history paintings and still lifes. Through his art work, support for Flemish painters working in Italy and role as an art dealer, he played an important role in the artistic exchange between Italy and Flanders in the first half of the 17th century.
His work also had an influence on local painters such as Alessandro Magnasco, particularly through his scenes of despair and irony.
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