Admitted at the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture : France 1651
First signed and dated paintings of Herman van Swanevelt where done in Paris in 1623. Six years later, he moved to Rome and began painting landscapes with biblical and mythological subjects. The composition of his work was adapted from Cornelis van Poelenburgh and was popular in Rome, especially liked by the Barberini family and the Vatican.
