Assumption of the Virgin

religious

Boeyermans's dated work is restricted to the 1660s and 1670s. To a large extent he served the more distant surroundings of Antwerp with his religious works. The work of Antwerp's most pronounced classicist painter, Erasmus Quellinus provided a model: some of the facial types, as well as the tree-dimensionally modelled appearance of many of the figures suggest inspiration from Quellinus.

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About the Artist

Theodor Boeyermans

1620 – 1678

Flemish painter. In 1634 his mother was granted a free passage to Holland and moved to Eindhoven, presumably with the 14-year-old Theodor. In April 1640 he was granted permission in Antwerp for another visit north, where he probably finished his studies. He may have followed an artistic education in the studio of Van Dyck as the master's influence is noticeable in his works. From the autumn of 1648 he was back in Antwerp permanently, living in De Gulden Pers (The Golden Press), the house where he was born. He remained a bachelor and at the relatively late age of 34 became an apprentice and joined the Guild of St Luke. He painted altarpieces in many churches in Flanders. He was also a member of the Sodaliteit der Bejaarde Jongmans (Society of Bachelors) and, from 1664, the rhetoricians' chamber known as De Olijftak (The Olive Branch).

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