Joachim Antonisz. Wtewael

Dutch | 1566 - 1638

Joachim Antonisz. Wtewael was a Dutch Old Masters painter who was born in 1566. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Cleveland Museum of Art have featured Joachim Antonisz. Wtewael's work in the past.Joachim Antonisz. Wtewael's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 2,041 USD to 7,275,740 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2002 the record price for this artist at auction is 7,275,740 USD for Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan, sold at Christie's London in 2012. Joachim Antonisz. Wtewael has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Daily Art Magazine in May 2025. The artist died in 1638.

Artist's alternative names: Joachim Wtewael

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Notable Lots

Jacob and Esau - Joachim Antonisz. Wtewael

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Venus, Cupid, Bacchus and Ceres

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Maternal Charity - Joachim Antonisz. Wtewael

Maternal Charity ,1623

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Adam and Eve

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Past Exhibitions

Tales of the City: Drawing in the Netherlands from Bosch to Bruegel

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland | Ohio | USA

Oct 09, 2022 - Jan 08, 2023

The World of Utrecht: Top items from the five collections

Centraal Museum

Utrecht | Netherlands

Apr 23, 2016 - Apr 30, 2021

Joachim Wtewael: Special Loan

Allen Memorial Art Museum

Oberlin | Ohio | USA

Jan 02, 2019 - Jul 21, 2019

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Articles

Daily Art Magazine Sep 09, 2024

When one thinks of any Golden Age, the first thing that comes to mind is the 17th-century Netherlands at its glory 鈥� the Dutch Golden Age.

Daily Art Magazine Feb 14, 2025

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The Art Newspaper Feb 07, 2025

At this year鈥檚 winter auctions, the two big houses saw 鈥榓 mixed bag and mixed results鈥�.

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鈥� ..Wtewael鈥檚 inventive compositions, teeming with twisting, choreographed figures and saturated with pastels and acidic colors, retained their appeal for his patrons... 鈥�
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National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

鈥� ..Pleasure and Piety reveals Wtewael鈥檚 brilliant combination of two modes of painting: working from the imagination and from nature... 鈥�
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

鈥� ..Pleasure and Piety includes 35 of Wtewael鈥檚 finest paintings on canvas, copper, and panel, along with a selection of drawings... 鈥�
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

鈥� ..Throughout his career, Wtewael remained one of the leading proponents of this style, even as most early seventeenth-century Dutch artists shifted to a more naturalistic manner of painting... 鈥�
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National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

鈥� ..Wtewael was adept at painting a wide range of subjects, and 鈥減leasure鈥� and 鈥減iety鈥� are recurring motifs... 鈥�
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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