Walther Damery [SEP] date of birth
Walther Damery
Walther Damery (1610, Liège – after 1672, Liège), was a Southern Netherlandish Baroque painter.
Biography.
According to Houbraken he was known along with Leonard van Orley for emblems in the manner of Jacob Cats.
According to the RKD he was the teacher of his younger brother Jacques Damery and Gilles Hallet. He travelled to England in 1639 and the next year he left for Italy and on the way back in 1643 he was captured by pirates and taken to Algiers. He escaped and
Gilles Hallet
Gilles Alé (or Hallet; 1620 in Liege – 1694 in Rome), a Flemish painter, worked in the latter half of the 17th century, and was distinguished for the purity of his style, according to the principles of the Roman school. According to the RKD he was the son of Jean Hallet who married the sister of Walther Damery. He studied under this uncle, along with his other uncle Jacques Damery. He travelled to Rome where he worked most of his life.
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