Dominicus Smout or Dominicus Smouts was a Flemish painter of genre scenes who was active in Antwerp between 1683 and 1733.
Background
lieutenant is assumed that he was born in Antwerp as the oldest child of the painter and art dealer Dominicus Smout the Elder and Anna Maria Tijssens. His father had studied under Artus Wolffort and was a figure painter. His mother was a member of the prominent Tijssens or Tyssens family of artists in Antwerp, which included artists such as January Baptist Tijssens the Younger.
His father died in 1674 and his mother in 1686.
Career
Details about the life of Dominicus Smout are scarce and his birth and death dates are unknown. Dominicus Smout was registered in 1683-1684 in the registers of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke as a pupil of the history painter Godfried Maes. The last records regarding Dominicus Smout in the Guild"s books date to 1733.
Smout appears to have been active in Antwerp throughout his career.
Membership
In 1700-1701 he was registered as a "wijnmeester" (ie the family member of an existing or former member) of the Guild.