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Schelte Adams Bolswert (Flemish, 1586–1659)

Adrian Brower

Schelte Adams Bolswert (Flemish, 1586–1659)
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Period

Baroque

Theme

Portrait

Medium

etching and engraving

Current Location

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

The Story

Bolswert engraved this portrait of Brouwer, the wildest painter in Antwerp.

Brouwer painted tavern fights and drunks while dying young from his own excesses.

This print immortalized an artist who lived as roughly as his peasant subjects..

“A silence so complete it becomes its own witness.”

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A restrained palette and sculptural lighting create a solemn geometry. The wooden crate and letter anchor the narrative with journalistic precision.