12 Facts About Artus Wolffort

Artus Wolffort, Artus Wolffaert or Artus Wolffaerts was a Flemish painter known mainly for his history paintings depicting religious and mythological scenes.

Artus Wolffort was born in Antwerp and moved with his parents to Dordrecht in the year of his birth.

Artus Wolffort trained as a painter in Dordrecht where he joined the local Guild of Saint Luke in 1603.

Artus Wolffort returned to Antwerp around 1615 where he worked as an assistant in the studio of Otto van Veen, one of the teachers of Peter Paul Rubens.

Artus Wolffort became a member of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1617.

Artus Wolffort likely operated a workshop in Antwerp, which produced various copies of his works.

Artus Wolffort was one of the artists who worked on the decorations for the Joyous Entry into Antwerp of the new governor of the Habsburg Netherlands Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand in 1635.

Rubens was in overall charge of this project for which Artus Wolffort made decorative paintings after designs by Rubens.

Artus Wolffort's oeuvre was reconstructed from a fully signed work and various paintings bearing a monogram.

Artus Wolffort worked mainly for private patrons for whom he painted mainly religious and, to a lesser extent, mythological subjects.

Artus Wolffort made a series of representations of the Twelve Apostles, the Four Evangelists and the Church Fathers, in half life-size.

Artus Wolffort regularly used themes and motifs of van Veen in these early works, which were executed in a proto-Baroque style.