Artus Wolffort (1581–1641)

• Was a Flemish painter known mainly for his history paintings.
• Artus Wolffort was born in Antwerp and moved with his parents to Dordrecht in the year of his birth.
• He trained as a painter in Dordrecht where he joined the local Guild of Saint Luke in 1603.
• He returned to Antwerp around 1615 where he worked as an assistant in the studio of Otto van Veen.
• During this period he lived in the house of van Veen.
• He became a member of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1617.

• He married Maria Wandelaer on 8 September 1619.

• Their son Johannes Artusz (better known as Jan Baptist Wolfaerts) became a painter.
• His pupils Pieter van Lint and Pieter van Mol worked for a while as copyists in his workshop.

• He died in Antwerp.

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