Abraham BloemaertDutch, 1566–1651Bouwvallige hut
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Bouwvallige hut” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-T-2024-112
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Abraham Bloemaert
The whole life1593
Death of his father
In 1593 his father, the architect Cornelis Bloemaert I, dies; Abraham returns to Utrecht.
1593–1594
Sets up a workshop in Utrecht
Back in Utrecht, Bloemaert sets up a workshop of his own; many of his paintings are commissioned by the city's clandestine Catholic churches.
1594
Dean of the saddlemakers' guild in Utrecht
In 1594 Bloemaert becomes dean (“deken”) of the saddlemakers' guild, which included painters: since 1367 painters had belonged to it, with no Guild of St Luke of their own.
c. 1600
From Haarlem Mannerism to the Baroque
Having begun in the style of the “Haarlem Mannerists”, by the beginning of the 17th century Bloemaert alters his style in line with the new Baroque style then developing.
1602
Son born: Hendrick Bloemaert
1603
Son born: Cornelis Bloemaert
