Adam de Coster

Adam de Coster
'Adam de Coster by Anthony van Dyck.
Birth name	Adam de Coster
Born	1586 Mechelen
Died	1643 (aged 56–57) Antwerp
Nationality	Belgium
Field	Painting
Movement	Baroque

Adam de Coster (c. 1586–1643) was a Flemish Baroque painter working under the influence of Caravaggism.

Biography

Card Players, 1620.

Originally from Mechelen, he is listed in Antwerp's guild of St. Luke as a master in 1607–1608. Although there is no information regarding a trip to Italy, his early adoption of the strong chiaroscuro and use of half-length figures illuminated by "candlelight" suggests that he might have made this journey. De Coster's paintings show a certain affinity with those of Georges de la Tour and other French variations of the style. More direct influences, however, are Gerard Honthorst and Antonio Campi. In Anthony van Dyck's Iconography (1626), he is identified as Pictor Noctium (Painter of Nights).

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References

• Benedict Nicolson, "Candlelight Pictures from the South Netherlands," in The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 108, No. 758. (May 1966), pp. 252–256.
• Benedict Nicolson, "Notes on Adam de Coster," in The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 103, No. 698. (May 1961), pp. 185–186+188-189.
• Hans Vlieghe (1998). Flemish Art and Architecture, 1585-1700. Pelican history of art. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-07038-1

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