12 Facts About Gerard Hoet

Gerard Hoet trained with his father and brother who were glass painters, and Warnard van Rijsen, who lived in Zaltbommel, and who himself was a pupil of Cornelis van Poelenburgh in Utrecht.

In 1672 Hoet moved to The Hague, but when the Count of Salis bought paintings at his mother's house in Zaltbommel, Hoet returned to paint for him.

Gerard Hoet returned to Utrecht with De Wit, where he worked for Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein briefly before visiting the Hague and Amsterdam.

Gerard Hoet then traveled to France on the promise from a Marquis who wanted to give him a commission, but this promise falling through, he made some engravings of paintings by Francisque Millet.

Gerard Hoet then wanted to travel to England, but having written to his compatriot Lucas Vorsterman, he received word that there was more work to be had in Paris.

Gerard Hoet traveled to Paris where he spent more than a year, before returning to the Netherlands via Brussels.

Gerard Hoet married and settled in Heemstede, where he found work for the lord of the castle there.

Gerard Hoet had a business as an art dealer in collaboration with the Flemish painter Jacques Ignatius de Roore who resided in The Hague.

Gerard Hoet taught his sons Hendrik Jacob and Gerard, as well as Nicolaes van Ravesteyn.

Gerard Hoet's son Gerard Hoet II was an amateur painter and art collector who lived on the Lange Voorhout 62.

Gerard Hoet was a source for Houbraken, specifically for his list of the Bentvueghels painters.

Gerard Hoet wrote a set of additions to Johan van Gool's sequel to Houbraken's "Schouburg", insisting that Van Gool was incorrect in many of his biographical sketches.