Rombout Eynhoudts

Rombout Eynhoudts was an artist whose documented professional activity spanned the years 1617 to 1631. The record of Eynhoudts’s existing work consists primarily of prints, along with at least one documented drawing. The majority of the known pieces are preserved in major American institutions, with several examples of Rombout Eynhoudts prints held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The five extant works represented in these museum collections demonstrate a focus on historical narrative and complex religious iconography. Religious subjects include the dramatic scene The Maryrdom of Saint Lawrence and the figural study Saints Peter and Paul in a vestibule. Eynhoudts also explored detailed scenes of saints engaged in narrative action, such as Saint Christopher carrying the Christ child across a stream, another man holding a lantern at left on the riverbank. A further religious composition, Saint Gregory and other saints in front of a gateway with a portrait of the Virgin, cherubs overhead, highlights the artist’s use of architectural settings. Eynhoudts addressed historical or classical moral narratives through works like Cambyses punishing the unjust judge Sisamnes.

While the total output of the artist remains undocumented, the extant works confirm Eynhoudts’s role in 17th-century European printmaking traditions. Because these images originate from the early modern period, they are typically available in the public domain. Institutions often digitize these records, providing access to view these works as high-quality prints for research and educational purposes.