Maximilian Herregouts Explained

Maximilian Herregouts (fl. 1674)^[1] was a painter from the artist family Herregouts.

Maximilian Herregouts was born in Roermond, Limburg, present-day Netherlands (then Spanish Netherlands).^[2] He was the son of David Herregouts and Cecilia Genits.^[3] He was thus a brother of fellow painters Hendrik I, Guillaume and Jan Baptist Herregouts. His sister Elisabeth married Mechelen painter Gillis Smeyers.^[3]

Two works by Herregouts are known, one entitled Kitchen, in which a woman is busy baking pancakes (1674), dated and signed with his name,^[4] and a second entitled Eliezer and Rebecca at the well.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Checklist of Painters from 1200-1994 . 2014 . Taylor & Francis . 9781134264131 . 225 . 7 June 2022.
2. Web site: Maximilian Herregouts . ECARTICO . 7 June 2022.
3. Web site: Maximilian Herregouts . RKD . 7 June 2022.
4. Book: Spooner . Shearjashub . A Biographical History of the Fine Arts (Or, Memoirs of the Lives and Works of Eminent Painters, Engravers, Sculptors, and Architects. From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time · Volume 1) . 1865 . J. W. Bouton . 397 . 7 June 2022.
5. http://users.skynet.be/sb176943/AndriesVandenAbeele/janbaptist_herregoudts.htm Andries Van den Abeele, Jan-Baptist Herregouts, kunstschilder en brouwer
6. E. Baes. Jean-Baptiste Herregouts in: Biographie Nationale, Volume 9, 287-288
7. http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/maximilian-herregouts-eliezer-and-rebecca-at-the-1881631-details.aspx?intObjectID=1881631 Maximilian Herregouts (active circa 1674), Eliezer and Rebecca at the well