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by French troops many churches, guilds and the local authorities ordered new artworks to replace those destroyed during the bombardment. Van Helmont secured many commissions from these institutions. He also found work to make cartoons for the local tapestry works.
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in Antwerp. Instead, he moved in 1711 to Brussels, the capital of the Spanish Netherlands and the location of the court. In Brussels he joined the local Guild of Saint Luke in the hope of finding a ready market for his work.
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He is known for paintings and tapestry designs of historical allegories, religious compositions and portraits painted in a Classicist style. He made a number of portraits, which were engraved, such as the
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Thomas P. Campbell, Pascal-François Bertrand, Jeri Bapasola, 'Tapestry in the Baroque: Threads of Splendor', Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1 Jan 2007, p. 452 and
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for this commission. He also made a series of scenes of country life 'after Teniers' together with the landscape painter
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Van Helmont made cartoons for the Brussels workshops. The Leyniers workshop ordered a series of cartoons on
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Zeger Jacob van Helmont was born in Antwerp as the son of the history and portrait painter
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and Isabella le Rousseau. He trained with his father but did not join the local
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Also known as 'Jacob van Helmont' and 'Zeger Jacob van Hellemont'
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He executed various religious works for the Brussels churches.
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Antwerp
Brussels
Jan van Helmont
Guild of Saint Luke
Bombardment of Brussels

Portrait of Bruno van der Dussen, regent of Gouda
Bernard Picart
Jacques Ignatius de Roore
Ovid
Metamorphoses
Charles de La Fosse
Augustin Coppens


Zeger Jacob van Helmont
Netherlands Institute for Art History



Zeger Jacob van Helmont
Categories
Flemish Baroque painters
Flemish portrait painters
Flemish history painters
Flemish tapestry artists
Artists from Antwerp
Artists from Brussels
Painters from Brussels

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