Achilles with the daughters of Lycomedes

Details

Attributed to Gerard Hoet I (Zaltbommel, Gelderland 1648-1733 The Hague)
Achilles with the daughters of Lycomedes
oil on canvas
18 x 23¼ in. (45.7 x 59 cm.)
in a French 18th Century gilt gesso frame

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Lot Essay

Hoet began his career in Zaltbommel, near Utrecht, the pupil of his father, who was a painter in the style of Cornelis Poelenburg. In 1672, in the face of approaching war, he fled to The Hague, but soon moved to Paris where he stayed for a year. There, like Gérard de Lairesse, he was heavily influenced by the French academic tradition. Following his return to the United Provinces, Hoet worked in Utrecht and The Hague, specialising in cabinet-sized Arcadian landscapes with mythological or Biblical scenes.

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