Daniel Mytens

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Self-portrait by Daniël Mijtens, oil on canvas (around 1625)

Daniël Mijtens or Daniel Mytens the Elder (* 1590 in Delft ; † 1647 in The Hague ) was an important English painter with Flemish roots.

Life

Daniël Mijtens came from a Flemish family of artists and studied with Michiel van Mierevelt in The Hague. Around 1618 he was demonstrably in the service of the leading art collector Sir Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel in London . Two years later he got his first royal commission. After Paul van Somer's death , Mijtens succeeded him as court painter. Shortly thereafter, he worked several times for the Prince of Wales , and this assisted him in 1624 with naturalization. After the death of Jacob I , he retained the title of royal portrait painter . The following year, Mijtens went to the Netherlands for six months on behalf of Charles I to familiarize himself with the art of his time. Mijtens retained his prominence as the king's portrait painter until 1632, when Anthony van Dyck succeeded him and soon afterwards he withdrew to The Hague, disappointed.

His nephew Jan Mytens also became a painter and was possibly his pupil.

literature

  • P. & L. Murray: Dictionary of art and artists , London: Penguin Books (1996) ISBN 0-14-051300-0

Web links

Commons : Daniël Mijtens (I)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ E. Buijsen et al .: Haagse Schilders de Gouden Eeuw , The Hague, 1998, pp 206-211 and 330; here p. 208. - also cited by the Dutch Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD) in the biography of Johannes Mijtens (Jan Mytens) , seen on July 17, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Mytens, Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mijtens, Daniël; Mytens the Elder, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1590
PLACE OF BIRTH Delft
DATE OF DEATH 1647
Place of death The hague