Adam de Coster

1586 — 1643

Flemish painter (1586–1643)

Adam de Coster was a Flemish painter. He was a prominent member of the Antwerp Caravaggisti. These Caravaggisti were part of an international movement of European artists who interpreted the work of Caravaggio and the followers of Caravaggio in a personal manner. He is mainly known for his genre scenes with strong chiaroscuro effects. He was called a Pictor Noctium because of his preference for tenebrist scenes.

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A young woman holding a distaff before a lit candle

An Old Man with a Candle and a Glass

The Denial of Saint Peter

A Man Singing by Candlelight

An old man and a girl by candlelight

Card Players

Christ on the road to Calvary

Judith with the Head of Holophernes

Oriental with a candle

Peter's Denial

The lute player

Three Singers

Denial of Saint Peter

Two Sculptors at Night in Rome. Double Portrait of Francois Duquesnoy and Georg Petel

Saint Francis in Meditation with Brother Leo

The Concert Party

Boy behind a table with statuettes reading by candlelight

Card players by candle light

Man and boy by candlelight

The denial of Saint Peter

The denial of Saint Peter

Young woman holding a distaff before a lit candle

Singing by boy by candlelight

Boy behind a table with statuettes by candlelight