부산대학교 도서관

(b Aarschot, 1728; d Leuven, 1811). Belgian painter. He was a late imitator of Rubens, and his entire career reflects his unwillingness to come to terms with the Neo-classicism of the late 18th century. At 18 he was in the studio of Balthazar Beschey in Antwerp. There he studied the work of Rubens and the Antwerp school. For the first 20 years of his career Verhagen received few commissions and supported himself with decorative work. His first important painting was the Presentation of the Virgin (Ghent, Mus. S. Kst.), and this large Baroque work brought him commissions (e.g. St Stephen Receiving the Papal Legates, Vienna, Ksthist. Mus.). Charles of Lorraine (1712–81) offered to finance Verhagen on a visit to Italy. Verhagen left for Italy in 1771 but found the Neo-classicism prevalent in Rome of little interest. He did, however, produce a few works in this period, for example the Pilgrims to Emmaus (Laxenburg, Altes Schloss). He left Rome in ...