Early Life, Family and Training Arent de Gelder enters the scene in Dordrecht, born on October 26, 1645, into a family of rising status. His father, Jan Aertsz de Gelder, was born in 1609 and worked as a cooper of wine barrels. By the time Arent reaches maturity, the family has moved from the Wijnstraat to a different house on the same street, reflecting the prosperity of his father, who eventually held high positions within the local militia and the Coopers’ Guild. His mother, Maria Lotterich, provided the other half of this established Dordrecht household. The training begins locally. Are…
A chart of Arent de Gelder's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.