TERBRUGGHEN, HENDRICK

(1588-1629)

Terbrugghen was born in Deventer, Holland, and taken to Utrecht as an infant. He went to Italy in c. 1603, and spent a decade inRomeand visiting Milan and other major cities. He returned to Utrecht in 1614 where he became one of the leading figures among theUtrecht Caravaggists. HisCalling ofSt.Matthew(1621; Utrecht, Centraal Museum) borrows heavily from Caravaggio's painting of the same subject in theContarelli Chapel, Rome (1599-1600, 1602). The diagonal formed by the light entering the room, the theatrical costumes, eyeglasses worn by the elderly man, and crude types, all stem from Caravaggio's work. HisBagpipe Player(1624; Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum) was inspired by Caravaggio's young, sensuous boys, while the cascading of figures in his St.SebastianAttended by St.Irene(1625; Oberlin, Allen Memorial Art Museum) borrows compositionally from the Italian master'sEntombment(1603-1604; Vatican, Pinacoteca).