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