Hendrik Goudt (1585-1648)

• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draftsman.
• Goudt was born in The Hague.
• He was the son of Arend Goudt and Anneken Cool.
• Hendrick worked with Elsheimer in Rome until the latter's death in 1610.
• By 1611, Hendrick had returned to Utrecht.
• In Utrecht he became a member of the newly founded Utrecht Guild of Saint Luke in that year.
• Upon his return in the Netherlands, he made a series of five prints of Elsheimer's work, and also painted several copies of Elsheimer's paintings.
• His father had been ennobled by Henri IV in 1596.
• Houbraken wrote that he was given an aphrodisiac in 1624 by a young lady who wished to marry him, and this addled his brain to the point that until his death he could only discuss art topics coherently.
• However, Arend Goudt's will of 1625 states that Hendrick had been insane for more than four years, and that a board of trustees had been appointed to look after his affairs.
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