Baroque in the Southern Netherlands

The term 'Baroque' covers a variety of levels and sometimes causes confusion, but is staunchly entrenched in today's parlance. In addition, the boundaries of the Baroque period are also disputed. Artistically speaking, the time period generally begins with the generation of Caravaggio (1571-1610), the brothers Annibale (1560-1609) and Agostino Carracci (1557-1602) and Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Yet also with the religious revolution of the Council of Trent (1545-1563), this could be considered a beginning. In the Southern Low Countries, the Baroque roughly coincides with the historical period between the Fall of Antwerp and the Treaty of Utrecht, when the Spanish territory fell into Austrian hands.

Artists

The whole world is familiar with the work of Rubens and Van Dyck, but also lesser-known Masters also receive full attention on this website. Discover the live and work of baroque artists like Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Adriaen Brouwer, Anthony van Dyck, Artus Quellinus I, Artus Quellinus II, Cornelis de Vos, Daniël Seghers, David Teniers II, Erasmus Quellinus II, Frans Snijders, Gaspar de Crayer, Gerard Seghers, Jacob Jordaens I, Jacob van Oost I, Jan Boeckhorst, Jan Brueghel I, Jan Erasmus Quellinus, Jan Janssens, Jan van den Hoecke, Jan Wildens, Jerôme Duquesnoy II, Joannes Fijt, Peter Paul Rubens, Theodoor Rombouts and Theodoor van Thulden.

Reference literature

Bert Watteeuw (Rubenshuis, Antwerp) compiled a list of reference literature concerning Baroque Art in the Southern Netherlands. This representative list bundles essential sources and literature, both general and monographic.