Marten Jozef Geeraerts, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marten Jozef Geeraerts

Flemish painter

Date of Birth: 07-Apr-1707

Place of Birth: Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 16-Feb-1791

Profession: painter

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Marten Jozef Geeraerts (1707–1791), a Flemish historical painter, born at Antwerp, was intended for the law, and studied in the Jesuits' College.
Preferring art, however, he became a pupil of Abraham Godijn, and was made free of the Guild of St.
Luke in 1731.
In 1741 he became one of the six directors of the Academy of Antwerp, who filled that office gratuitously.
He died at Antwerp in 1791.
He excelled in grisaille painting in imitation of bas-reliefs, of which there are the following examples: Antwerp.
Gallery.
The Fine Arts.
1760. Brussels.
Gallery.
Christ and the Disciples at Bmmaus, The Saviour at the House of Simon the Pharisee, The Sons of Aaron punished by Fire from Heaven, The Woman taken in Adultery, Abraham and Melchisedeck, The Sacrifice of Abraham and The Sacrifice of Eli Hague.
Museum.
Autumn. Lille.
Museum.
Children with Goat. Vienna.
Gallery.
Cupid and Psyche.



Alternative names	J.B. Schey
Description	Flemish painter, draughtsman and ornamental painter
Date of birth/death	20 November 1708 (baptised)	15 April 1776
Location of birth/death	Antwerp	Antwerp
Work period	between circa 1730 and circa 1776 date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1730-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1776-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Antwerp
Authority control	: Q2881605 VIAF: 883599 ISNI: 0000 0000 8080 7138 ULAN: 500010490 LCCN: no2012057855 GND: 121986608 WorldCat