Arnold van Westerhout

Theological Allegory with the Assumption of the Virgin

Arnold van Westerhout or Arnoldo van Westerhout[1] (Antwerp, 21 February 1651 – Rome, 18 April 1725) was a Flemish printmaker, painter, draughtsman, publisher and printer. He trained in Antwerp but mainly worked abroad, and in particular in Italy. He settled in Rome where he was a prominent printmaker and publisher.[2] The artist is less known for his paintings, which covered religious and genre subjects, than for his work as a printmaker and publisher.[3]

  1. ^ Name variations: Arnoldus van Westerhoudt, Arnoldo Van Westerhout, Arnaldo Van Westerhout
  2. ^ Peeter van Westerhout at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch)
  3. ^ Benjamin Linnig, La Gravure en Belgique; ou, Notices biographiques sur les graveurs, Antwerp, Janssens Frères, 1911, p. 101 (in French)