Jacob van Oost [SEP] date of death
Jacob van Oost
Jacob van Oost or Jacob van Oost the Elder (1603–1671) was a Flemish painter of history paintings and portraits. He was the most important painter of Bruges in the 17th century through his portraits of members of the local bourgeois and his many altarpieces made in the spirit of the Counter Reformation. He also created genre paintings of musicians and card players for the open market.
Life.
Jacob van Oost was born in Bruges as the son of Johannes van Oost en Gheeraerdyne Weyts. He descended from
) in the former Church of Saint-Donaas (now in the Groeningemuseum) in Bruges in 1632-33. Between 1633 and 1662 Jacob van Oost held various positions in the Guild of St. Luke including various term as the dean of the Guild. From 1651 until his death he was the official city painter of Bruges.
His registered pupils were his sons Jacob the Younger and Willem, and the painters Boudewijn Bodet, Franschoes Gheilliaert, Jan Maes, Jan Baptist van Meunincxhove, Jan Ramon and Arnoldus de Roose.