Peter Jacob Horemans


Peter Jacob Horemans or Peter Jakob Horemans was a Flemish painter of genre scenes, portraits, conversation pieces, still lives and city views. After training in Antwerp he was active in Germany where he became court painter. He was a versatile artist who worked in many genres and for a variety of aristocratic, religious and private patrons.

Life

Horemans was born in Antwerp as the son of a notary. He was listed from 1716 until 1724 in the records (liggeren

Work

Peter Jacob Horemans was a versatile artist who practised in many genres: genre scenes, conversation pieces, portraits, hunting scenes and city views.
His works provided an interesting record of everyday life in Munich during the Rococo period.