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Flemish painter of which little is known of his life, only that his activity was carried out in Malines. He painted landscapes full of trees in green and gray tones, with shepherds and cattle, always animated with some scene of knights fighting mounted on horse. In his works, the influence of D. Teniers is evident, of which Honet surely was his disciple and whom he greatly admired, proof of this is the appearance of his name in many of his works. The landscapes with knights are reminiscent of P. Snayders and P. Meulener, and in them the composition, made through groups of people, makes clear his mastery as a painter. It is also important to note its great capacity to capture the personality of the people portrayed on the canvas. His works are usually part of all catalogs specialized in painting of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He always signs as D. Hondt.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• W. Bernt,  The Netherlandish  Painters of the Seventeenth Century, tomo 2, pg. 57, plates 539 y 540
• J. Maere & M. Wabbes, Illustrated Dictionary 17th Century  Flemish  Painters,  pg. 218, plates 613 y 614.
• F.C. Legrand, Les Peintres Flamands de Genre au XVII e Siécle, 1963, pg 222.
• E. Neeffs, Histoire de la peinture…, I, Ghent, 1876
• E. Benezit,  Dictionnaire des peintres…., vol. 7, 1999, Pg.154
• R. H. Wilenski, Flemish painters, pg 573

PROVENANCE

• Private collection, France

MUSEUMS

There are works by Lambert de Hondt in the collections of museums around the world, among others: Arras- Museum, Bamberga- Staatsgalerie, Montargis- Girodet Museum, Rennes- Museum of Fine Arts.