Jan Hovaert or Giovanni Hovart[1][2][3] (c. 1615–1665)[4] was a Flemish painter who after training in Antwerp spent his known active career in Italy. He was initially a collaborator in the studio of the de Wael brothers in Genoa and later developed an independent practice. While he appears to have enjoyed the patronage of the nobility of Genoa, the scope of his oeuvre is not very well understood. A few portraits and a history painting have been attributed to him.[4]
- ^ Name variations: Giovanni Howard, Jan Howard, Jan Lambertsz Houwaert, Giovanni di Lamberto, Jan Howart, Giovanni Oward, Jan Houwer, Hans de Houwer, Giovanni Havvorth
- ^ Jan Hovaert at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
- ^ Ph. Rombouts and Th. van Lerius, De liggeren en andere historische archieven der Antwerpsche sint Lucasgilde Volume 2, Antwerp, 1864, pp. 37 and 41 on Google books (in Dutch)
- ^ a b A. Orlando, Van Dyck e i suoi amici. Fiamminghi a Genova 1600-1640, Genova, Palazzo della Meridiana, Sagep, Genoa 2018 (in Italian)