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Jacob Ferdinand Voet〔Name variations: Jacques Foué, Giacomo Ferdinando Voet, Jacobus Ferdinandus Voet, Ferdinand Vouet, Jacques Vouet, Ferdinand Voet〕 (c. 1639 – c. 1689/1700) was a Flemish portrait painter who had an international career in Italy and France where he made portraits for prominent patrons. ==Life== Few details about Voet's early life, training and career have been preserved. Voet was born in Antwerp as the son of the painter Elias Voet.〔(Jacob Ferdinand Voet ) at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD) 〕 He left his native Antwerp and travelled to Rome where he resided in 1679-1680. Voet became a member of the Bentvueghels, an association of mainly Dutch and Flemish artists active in Rome. Voet drew a picture in charcoal of all the members of the Bentvueghels on the white-washed wall of an inn in Rome that was a popular meeting place of this group. The picture was treasured enough to be spared whenever the walls were repainted.〔(Johan van Bunnik biography ) in: Arnold Houbraken, ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'', 1718 〕 In Rome Voet’s skills as a portrait painter were much in demand at the Papal court and by the Roman aristocracy, including the prominent Colonna and Odescalchi families.〔''Il Museo di Roma racconta la città. Guida breve. Catalogo della mostra'', Museo di Roma, Gangemi Editore spa, p. 33〕 He was patronised by Christina, Queen of Sweden, who was then resident in Rome. He painted as well as that of her friend, Cardinal Azzolino.〔(Jacob Ferdinand Voet (1639-1689) ) at the National Portrait Gallery〕 In 1671-1672 he received a commission from Cardinal Chigi to paint at least 20 portraits of young woman who were prominent in Roman society. This started a rage for portraits of young women in Rome and abroad.〔Renata Ago, ''Gusto for Things: A History of Objects in Seventeenth-Century Rome'', University of Chicago Press, 22 Apr 2013, p. 152〕 Englishmen and other Europeans visiting Rome on their Grand Tour also commissioned portraits from Voet.〔 In Rome Voet lived with the painter-engraver Cornelis Bloemaert. He was banned from the city by Pope Innocent XI who was scandalized by Voet's portraits of women portrayed with unseemly décolleté. He left Rome and is recorded in Milan in 1680. He was in Florence in 1681 where he worked for the Medici family.〔(Jacob Ferdinand Voet ) at the online Encyclopaedia of the Prado Museum 〕 Subsequently he resided in Turin from 1682 to 1684. He returned to Antwerp in 1684.〔 According to the 18th century biographer Arnold Houbraken, Voet set out on his return journey to Antwerp from Turin together with the Dutch painter Jan van Bunnik, whom he had already met in Rome in the company of Cornelis Bloemaert.〔 From Turin they set out for Lyons, where they met the painters Adriaen van der Cabel, Pieter van Bloemen, and Gillis Wenix. They then started out for Paris in the company of a third painter, Jacob van Bunnik who was Jan van Bunnik's brother.〔 Voet was likely back in Antwerp in 1684. He left his hometown for Paris at some time between 1684 and 1686.〔 In Paris he became portrait painter to political and military personalities such as Michel Le Tellier, François-Michel le Tellier and Marquis of Humières.〔 Jacques d'Agar was probably his pupil.〔D. Brême. "Agar, Jacques d’." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 5 Dec. 2014〕 He died in Paris.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jacob Ferdinand Voet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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