Jakob Ferdinand Voet was probably born in Antwerp. He worked first in Paris; in the late 1660s he was working in Rome, chiefly as a portraitist. In 1684 he left Italy for Antwerp, where he remained for the rest of his life.
Jakob Ferdinand Voet
1639 - 1689
Paintings by Jakob Ferdinand Voet
A cardinal sits in a red velvet chair decorated with gold braid. One of his hands lies on the arm rest, the other holds his cardinal’s biretta (hat) on his knee. Behind him is a bookcase, the shelves of which are lined with very large leather-bound volumes.The sitter is identified by the inscript...
The sitter’s identity is given in a later inscription at the top left as: ‘Le cardinal de Retz’ and confirmed by comparison with engraved portraits of him.Jean François-Paul de Gondi (1613–1679) was made Cardinal de Retz in 1652. However, later that year, as a leader in the Fronde (French civil d...
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