Terbrugghen, Hendrik (redirected from Hendrick ter Brugghen)

Terbrugghen, Hendrik

 or Hendrick ter Brugghen

“The Flute Player,” oil painting by Terbrugghen, 1621; in the Staatliche …

(credit: Courtesy of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Kassel, Ger.)

(born c. 1588, Deventer?, Neth.—buried Nov. 9, 1629, Utrecht) Dutch painter. He reportedly spent 10 years in Italy, and on his return to Utrecht in 1615 his work showed the strong influence of Caravaggio. His two versions of The Calling of St. Matthew (c. 1617, 1621) reflect knowledge of Caravaggio's treatment of the same subject. He is most indebted to Caravaggio for his chiaroscuro, though his own light is more atmospheric and silvery, as in The Flute Player (1621). His masterpiece is St. Sebastian Attended by Irene and Her Maid (1625). With Gerrit van Honthorst, he was a leader of the Utrecht school.

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Terbrugghen, Hendrik 

(also Hendrick Ter Brugghen). Born 1587 or 1588 in Deventer; died Nov. 1, 1629, in Utrecht. Dutch painter.

Terbrugghen studied in Utrecht under A. Bloemaert. After working in Italy from 1604 to 1614 he returned to Utrecht. A representative of Caravaggism, he mainly painted half figures of singers, musicians, and the like, for example, The Concert (1626; Hermitage, Leningrad). He treated religious and mythological compositions as genre scenes (Jacob and Laban, 1627; National Gallery, London). Terbrugghen’s mature works feature light, silvery tonalities and contemplative imagery.

REFERENCE

Nicolson, B. Hendrick Terbrugghen. The Hague, 1958.