Peter Jacob Horemans

[1][3] He was registered in 1716 in the records of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke as the pupil of his older brother Jan Josef, a painter of small genre pictures that were highly prized on the market.

[4] Instead of registering as a master in the Antwerp Guild, Horemans left his hometown on 30 April 1724 to travel to Rome in Italy to further his studies.

He made decorations in the prince-elector's Nymphenburg Palace and hunting lodge Amalienburg, two buildings completed during Charles VII's reign at the height of the Rococo in Bavaria.

[5] He was a versatile artist who painted a wide range of subject, including portraits, landscapes, genre scenes, conversation pieces, city views and still lifes.

[2] In particular, he left a chronicle of life at the Bavarian court and of the local aristocracy through his numerous portraits and genre pieces.

[8] Many of these works can be regarded as conversation pieces and call to mind the fête galantes of French Rococo artists such as Antoine Watteau.

In the series of 7 wall paintings (one of which was destroyed during World War II), the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are represented by young women with various attributes.