Albertus Clouwet

Albertus Clouwet (name variations: Albertus Clouet, Albert Clowet, Aubert Clouwet, Haubertus Clouwet, Albertus Cluet, nickname Zandzak) (1636, Antwerp – 1679, Naples), was a Flemish engraver who had a successful career in Italy.

He travelled to Rome and joined the bentvueghels with the bentname Zandzak.

[1] He arrived there in the company of the painter Abraham Genoels, whose party he joined en route southwards from Antwerp.

[2] He was a pupil of Cornelis Bloemaert in Rome and worked with him in Florence.

[2] Back in Rome in 1663 he married the German lady Lucia Fosman there.