Joost van Hamme

Joost van Hamme or Jodocus van Hamme, last name also sometimes rendered as van de Hamme (1629/30 – after 1657) was a Flemish painter who after training in his native Brussels was active in Italy in the mid-17th century. The artist likely died young and only a few works by him, all executed in a Caravaggesque style, are known. He painted landscapes, history subjects, portraits and still lifes.