Cornelis van Haarlem

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Cornelis van Haarlem Corneliszoon (* 1562 in Haarlem ; † 11. November 1638 ) was a Dutch painter and draftsman , one of the leading artists of Mannerism in the Netherlands and an important predecessor of Frans Hals .

Life

He was a member of the Haarlem School, which was heavily influenced by the work of Bartholomäus Spranger . He mainly painted portraits as well as mythological and biblical subjects. Originally he painted in large format, highly stylized and worked with a grotesque, unnatural anatomy. Later his works got a more naturalistic character.

The allegory of the cave in an engraving by Saenredam (1604)

Around 1600 he painted one of the few representations of Plato's allegory of the cave . This oil painting is lost today, but reproduced in a copper engraving made by Jan Saenredam in 1604 .

Cornelis was married to Marietje Deyman, daughter of the mayor Arent Pieters Deyman and a member of a well-known bourgeois family in Haarlem.

Works

  • Fall of the Titans (1588)

  • The First Family (Noah and Family) (1589)

  • Portrait of Pieter Jansz Kies (1596)

  • Banquet of the officers of St. George's company (1599)

  • Venus and Adonis (1614)

  • Female Half Nude with Rose (1623)

exhibition

  • 2012: De hollandse Michelangelo. Cornelis van Haarlem 1562–1638 , Frans-Hals-Museum , Haarlem.

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Cornelis van Haarlem
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1562
PLACE OF BIRTH Haarlem
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 1638
Place of death Haarlem