Cornelis van der Geest

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Cornelis van der Geest was a wealthy early 17th-century Antwerp spice merchant and prominent art collector known for patronizing artists like Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art collector
merchant
patron of the arts
person
activeIn first half of the 17th century
associatedWith Antwerp art market NERFINISHED
Flemish Baroque art
basedIn Antwerp NERFINISHED
citizenship Southern Netherlands NERFINISHED
collectionDepictedIn The Gallery of Cornelis van der Geest NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Spanish Netherlands NERFINISHED
depictedBy Willem van Haecht NERFINISHED
depictedIn The Gallery of Cornelis van der Geest NERFINISHED
employer self-employed
era Baroque period
fieldOfWork art collecting
spice trade
genreOfArtCollected Flemish Baroque painting
Italian Renaissance painting
hasCollection art objects
drawings
paintings
sculptures
influenced artistic life in Antwerp
knownFor having a famous cabinet of paintings in Antwerp
languageOfName Dutch
notableFor art collecting in Antwerp
patronage of Anthony van Dyck
patronage of Peter Paul Rubens
wealth from spice trade
notableWork art collection of Cornelis van der Geest
occupation art collector
patron
spice merchant
patronOf Anthony van Dyck NERFINISHED
Frans Snyders NERFINISHED
Jan Brueghel the Elder NERFINISHED
Peter Paul Rubens NERFINISHED
other Flemish Baroque painters
placeOfActivity Antwerp NERFINISHED
region Flanders NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
residence Antwerp NERFINISHED
socialStatus wealthy burgher
supported Catholic Counter-Reformation art
timePeriod early 17th century
wealthSource international spice trade

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Cornelis hasNotableBearer Cornelis van der Geest