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Artus Wolffort, Artus Wolffaert or Artus Wolffaerts〔More variant spellings of family name: Wolfart, Wolfert, Wolfordt, Wolffordt, Wolfort〕 (1581–1641) was a Flemish painter known mainly for his history paintings depicting religious and mythological scenes.〔(Artus Wolffort ) at the Netherlands Institute for Art History 〕 ==Life== 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, one of the teachers of Peter Paul Rubens.〔Hans Vlieghe. "Wolffort, Artus." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 2 August 2014〕 During this period he lived in the house of van Veen.〔(Artus Wolffort (Antwerp 1581-1641), ''Christ at the Pool of Bethesda'' ) at Christie's〕 He became a member of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1617.〔(Artus Wolffort ) at the Prado Museum site 〕 He married Maria Wandelaer on 8 September 1619. Their son Johannes Artusz (better known as Jan Baptist Wolfaerts) was born in November 1625 and later became a painter.〔 Artus Wolffort likely operated a workshop in Antwerp, which produced various copies of his works.〔 His pupils Pieter van Lint and Pieter van Mol worked for a while as copyists in his workshop.〔 Artus Wolffort was one of the artists who worked on the decorations for the Joyous Entry into Antwerp of the new governor of the Habsburg Netherlands Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand in 1635. Rubens was in overall charge of this project for which Wolffort made decorative paintings after designs by Rubens.〔Frans Jozef Peter Van den Branden, ''Geschiedenis der Antwerpsche schilderschool'', Antwerpen, 1883, p. 564 and 632-633 〕 His pupils included his son Jan Baptist Wolfaerts, Pieter van Lint, Pieter van Mol and Lucas Smout the Elder. He died in Antwerp.〔 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「Artus Wolffort」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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