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Historical Artist - Albert Eckhout (1610 - 1665)
Albert Eckhout established himself as a painter while on a Dutch expedition to Brazil from 1637
to 1644. On this trip, Eckhout and other artists accompanied Johan Maurits, the Dutch governor
–general, and documented the country’s plants, animals, and people. Upon their
return to Holland, Maurits commissioned him to produce a painting series that depicted the
things they saw in South America. This series was given to Louis XIV in 1679. The Gobelins
Tapestry Manufactory also used them as designs. Eckhout was among the first European artists to
paint scenes from the New World. In 1636, he traveled to Dutch Brazil, invited by count John
Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen. There, he painted portraits of natives, slaves and mulattos.
He is also famous for his still lifes of Brazilian fruits and vegetables. The majority of his
work is now stored at the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen. In art history, he is taken
to be part of Baroque.
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