- 578
Hendrick Maertensz. Sorgh Rotterdam 1609 or 1611 - 1670
Description
- Hendrick Maertensz. Sorgh
- An Interior scene with two peasants eating herrings and drinking
- brushed on the reverse with the old inventory number: No 18
- oil on panel
Catalogue Note
Arnold Houbraken (1660–1719) in his ‘De groote Schouburgh der Nederlantsche Konstschilders en
Schilderessen‘ claims Sorgh studied in Antwerp under David Teniers the Younger (1610-90) and in Rotterdam under Willem Buytewech (1591/2-1624). Although there is little documentary evidence to support either apprenticeship, Teniers' was toremain a lasting influence upon Sorgh throughout his career both in style and choice of subject matter.
Sorgh returned to Rotterdam by 1630, where he is recorded as drawing up his will. It would appear that he remained for the rest of his career in Rotterdam where he became one of the leading proponents of genre painting along with his contemporaries, the two Saftleven brothers, Cornelis (circa 1607-1681) and Herman (1609-1685). By 1637 Sorgh is listed as a master of the Guild of Saint Luke in Rotterdam, and in 1669, the year before his death, he was appointed as Dean of the Guild.