Jacob Peter Gowy

Style: Baroque;

Place: Antwerp

Biography:

Jacob Peter Gouwy or Jacob Peter Gowy (c. 1610 – after 1644 and before 1664) was a Flemish Baroque painter of history paintings and portraits. He collaborated with Peter Paul Rubens in the mid 1630s and spent time in England where he was active as a portrait painter. He is considered one of the pioneers of the genre of portraits of horses. Little is known about the life and career of Jacob Peter Gouwy. He was a disciple of Paul van Overbeeck in Antwerp and became a master of the Antwerp Guild in the Guild year 1636-37. He travelled to England but the date of this trip is unknown. He seems to have worked there as a portrait painter. According to some sources, he lived in his later years in retirement in Antwerp, as a priest of the St Walburga Church in Antwerp. It is not clear when or where he died but it is believed he died after 1644 and before 1664.