Carel de Moor

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Self-portrait

Carel de Moor (born February 25, 1655 in Leiden , † February 16, 1738 in Warmond ) was a Dutch painter .

Life

Carel de Moor was the son of an art dealer and developed into one of the most important Dutch portrait painters in the tradition of fine painting in Leiden. His teachers were Gerard Dou , Frans van Mieris , Abraham Lambertsz. van den Tempel and Godfried Schalcken .

In 1683 Carel de Moor became a member of the Leiden Guild of St. Luke , for which he held numerous leading positions in the following years. Around 1694 he founded the Leidse Tekenacademie with Willem van Mieris and Jacob van Toorenvliet , which lasted until 1736.

His son Carel Isaac de Moor (1691–1751) also worked as a portrait painter.

gallery

  • soldiers

  • The fisherman

  • Peter the Great

literature

  • Leidse fijnschilders. Van Gerrit Dou dead Frans van Mieris de Jonge 1630-1760 . Editor: Eric J. Sluijter, Marlies Enklaar, Paul Nieuwenhuizen. Zwolle, Waanders, 1988. ISBN 90-6630-141-4
  • Arnold Houbraken: [Karel de Moor]. In: De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) ( digital version )

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personal data
SURNAME Moor, Carel de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moor, Carel Jonge de; Jonge de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch portrait painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1655
PLACE OF BIRTH Suffer
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1738
Place of death Warmond