Artist
Karel Slabbaert
Dutch, 1618–1654
Karel Slabbaert was a Dutch Dutch Golden Age painter. 4 works are cataloged here, principally at Statens Museum for Kunst, most of them oil paintings. Karel Slabbaert was born in Zierikzee.
Karel Slabbaert (1618 – 1654 in Zierikzee; † before November 6, 1654, in Leiden) was a Dutch painter and draftsman. The artist worked in Middelburg between 1634 and 1654. His work includes portraits, genre scenes and still lives.
He was a Dutch Golden Age painter who died at an young age. Slabbaert was born in Zierikzee in the year 1618. His earliest dated work is recorded as 1641 and he got engaged to Cornelia Bouwers of Rotterdam on 8 April 1645.
His works show familiarity with Rembrandt's studio and he was in Amsterdam in 1645 while being a member of the painter's guild in Middelburg the same year. He became the Dean of the Middelburg Guild in 1653, and he died in the same place a year later.
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