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Lot 49 Jacob Ferdinand Voet (1639-1689)- attributed
Jacob Ferdinand Voet (1639 - 1689) 
Jacob Ferdinand Voet
1639 - 26.09.1689
Jacob Ferdinand Voet was a Flemish High Baroque portrait painter.
Jacob was born in the family of the painter Elias Voet, in 1663 went to Rome, where he lived until 1680 and worked successfully. Here he became a respected member of the association of Dutch and Flemish artists Bentvueghels. The Roman aristocracy appreciated Voet's skill, he was also eagerly commissioned to paint portraits of English and other Europeans coming to Italy, and he painted a portrait of Queen Christina of Sweden.
Later in Florence, Jacob Voet painted portraits of the Medici family, and around 1685 he was appointed court painter in Paris, where he lived until the end of his days. In Paris he mainly painted portraits of political and military figures.
