Subsequently, he resided in Turin from 1682 to 1684. He was in Florence in 1681 where he worked for the Medici family. He left Rome and is recorded in Milan in 1680. He was banned from the city by Pope Innocent XI who was scandalized by Voet's portraits of women portrayed with unseemly décolleté. In Rome Voet lived with the painter-engraver Cornelis Bloemaert. Hortense Mancini and her sister Marie, c. This started a rage for portraits of young women in Rome and abroad. He later copied and even enlarged the series for other Roman and Italian noble families. He created a first series of 37 portraits of the most enchanting women of Rome ('Galleria delle Belle') between 16 for Cardinal Chigi's dining room in his palace in Ariccia (in the Alban hills outside Rome). In 1671–1672 Voet received a commission from Cardinal Chigi to paint portraits of young woman who were prominent in Roman society. Englishmen and other Europeans visiting Rome on their Grand Tour also commissioned portraits from Voet. He painted her portrait as well as that of her friend, Cardinal Azzolino. He was patronised by Christina, Queen of Sweden, who was then resident in Rome. In Rome Voet's skills as a portrait painter were much in demand at the Papal court and by the Roman aristocracy, including the prominent Colonna and Odescalchi families. The picture was treasured enough to be spared whenever the walls were repainted.
Voet drew a picture in charcoal of all the members of the Bentvueghels on the white-washed wall of an inn in Rome that was a popular meeting place of this group. Voet became a member of the Bentvueghels, an association of mainly Dutch and Flemish artists active in Rome.
Jacob left his native Antwerp and travelled to Rome where he resided from 1663 to 1680. He was one of the fifteen children his older brother Carlo moved to Amsterdam and married in 1661 a daughter of the wealthy Joan Coymans and Sophia Trip. Voet was born in Antwerp as the son of the painter Elias Voet.
1660-1670įew details about Voet's early life, training and career have been preserved.
Portrait of a Gentleman with a Lace Collar, c.
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