Details

Name

Anthonie Palamedesz

Brief Biography

1601–73, Dutch

Occupation

Painter

Description

Palamedesz' family name was Stevaerts, but he generally signed his pictures 'A Palamedes'. He studied the manner of Mierevelt and of Frans Hals, and devoted himself to portrait painting and to the representation of domestic interiors of the wealthy classes. He was received into the Guild of St Luke of Delft in 1621, of which he became President in 1635.