Martin Vanden Bogaert, called Desjardins

Martin Vanden Bogaert, called Desjardins

Gérard Edelinck

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bogaert was born in Breda, but worked in Paris (from 1650s), where he died. In France, he known as 'Martin Desjardins'. Received at the Académie Royale de Peinture & de Sculpture in 1671. Engraved in 1698 after a portrait painted in 1692; the statue is one of the captives executed by Desjardins for the monument on the Place des Victoires in Paris, 1682/85.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Martin Vanden Bogaert, called DesjardinsMartin Vanden Bogaert, called DesjardinsMartin Vanden Bogaert, called DesjardinsMartin Vanden Bogaert, called DesjardinsMartin Vanden Bogaert, called Desjardins

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