Adam van Noort (1561–1641)

• Was a Flemish painter and draughtsman.
• Adam van Noort was born and died in Antwerp.
• He was the son of Lambert van Noort from Amersfoort and Katelijne van Broeckhuysen from Zwolle.
• He became a master of the Guild of Saint Luke in 1587.
• He married Elisabeth Nuyts, with whom he had five children.

• Van Noort served as dean of the Guild of Saint Luke from 1597 until 1602.

• Adam's present-day fame largely rests on the fact that he was the teacher of two of the leading Flemish Baroque painters Peter Paul Rubens and Jacob Jordaens.

• Jordaens married van Noort's daughter Elisabeth and would influence the style of his teacher and father-in-law.

• The total number of pupils of van Noort was around 35.

• The other pupils of Adam van Noort include Hendrick van Balen, Ferdinand van Apshoven the Elder, Artus de Bruyn, Hendrik van der Eedt, Remoldus Eynhoudt, and Hendrick van Herp.

• Van Noort lived to an old age but likely ceased practising as an artist around 1630.

• He made his last will on 31 August 1640 and died not long after September that year.

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