Michiel Sweerts (1618-1664),

• Was a Flemish painter and printmaker.
• Michiel Sweerts was born in Brussels.
• He arrived in Rome in 1646 where he remained active until 1652 (or 1654).
• In Rome he became linked to the circle of Flemish and Dutch painters associated with Pieter van Laer, who is considered the founder of the Bamboccianti.
• Sweerts is known for his allegorical and genre paintings, portraits and tronies.
• The artist led an itinerant life and worked in Rome, Brussels, Amsterdam, Persia and India (Goa).
• Sweerts etched a small number of plates, 21 in total.
• Very few drawings have been attributed with certainty to Sweerts.
• Sweerts painted a number of self-portraits.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Boy in a Turban holding a Nosegay 1658-1661.

Michiel Sweerts, Portrait of Joseph Deutz, c. 1648 - c. 1649

Original, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.

Michiel Sweerts, Portrait of Joseph Deutz, c. 1648 - c. 1649

Michiel Sweerts, Boy in a Turban holding a Nosegay, 1658-1661

Original, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid. Visited in 2018.

Michiel Sweerts, Boy in a Turban holding a Nosegay, 1658-1661

Michiel Sweerts, Double Portrait, c. 1660-62

Original, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Visited in 2018.

Michiel Sweerts, Double Portrait, c. 1660-62

Michiel Sweerts, Head of a Woman, c. 1654

Original, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Visited in 2018.

Michiel Sweerts, Head of a Woman, c. 1654

Michiel Sweerts, Clothing the Naked, ca. 1661

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2021.

Michiel Sweerts, Clothing the Naked, ca. 1661

Michiel Sweerts, Man Holding a Jug, ca. 1660

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2021.

Michiel Sweerts, Man Holding a Jug, ca. 1660

Michiel Sweerts, Soldiers playing dice, 1656-58

Original, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid. Visited in 2018.

Michiel Sweerts, Soldiers playing dice, 1656-58

Michiel Sweerts, Feeding the Hungry, 1646 - 1649

Original, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.

Michiel Sweerts, Feeding the Hungry, 1646 - 1649

Michiel Sweerts, A Painter’s Studio, c. 1646 - c. 1650

Original, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.

Michiel Sweerts, A Painter’s Studio, c. 1646 - c. 1650

Michiel Sweerts, Boy with a Hat, c. 1655

Original, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford. Visited in 2019.

Michiel Sweerts, Boy with a Hat, c. 1655

Michiel Sweerts, Burying the Dead, c. 1650

Original, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford. Visited in 2019.

Michiel Sweerts, Burying the Dead, c. 1650

Michiel Sweerts - A Young Couple and a Boy in a Garden (about 1650)

Original, Worcester Art Museum, MA. Visited in 2020.

Michiel Sweerts - A Young Couple and a Boy in a Garden (about 1650)

Michiel Sweerts - Men Wrestling before a Crowd

Original, Sotheby`s, New York. Visited in 2020.

Michiel Sweerts, In the Studio, 1652

Original, DIA, Detroit Institute of Arts. Visited in 2020.

Michiel Sweerts, In the Studio, 1652