Artist

Cornelis Schut

Portrait of Cornelis Schut
Portrait of Cornelis Schut

Habsburg Netherlands, 1597–1655

Cornelis Schut was a Habsburg Netherlands Flemish Baroque painting painter. 14 works are cataloged here, principally at Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, most of them oil paintings. Cornelis Schut was born in Antwerp.

Cornelis Schut (13 May 1597 – 29 April 1655) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman, engraver and tapestry designer who specialized in religious and mythological scenes. Presumed to have trained under Rubens, he treated Counter-Reformation subjects in a High-Baroque style. After a stay in Italy, he worked mainly in Antwerp where he was one of the leading history painters in the first half of the 17th century.

Works by Cornelis Schut

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