Gortzius Geldorp

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Gortzius Geldorp , also: Gualdrop Gortzius (* 1553 in Löwen , † 1616 in Cologne ) was a portrait and history painter of Flemish origin.

Live and act

Geldorp, who grew up in Leuven in the province of Brabant , joined the painters' guild in Antwerp with Franz Francken the Elder in 1570/71 . He then worked in the workshop of Frans Pourbus the Elder , an important portrait painter of his time. Francken and Pourbus belonged to the school of Frans Floris , which founded the Dutch Renaissance .

Gortzius gained in importance and got a job with the Duke of Terranuova , Carlo d'Aragona, whom he regularly accompanied on his business trips, including 1579 to Cologne for peace negotiations with the Netherlands. Accompanying a painter was a tradition at that time and, like reporters today, they recorded the impressions, people and sights on their drawings. Gortzius remained his loyal companion until d'Aragona's death around 1618.

As early as 1610, Gortzius Geldorp took over from Bartholomäus Bruyn the Younger in the Cologne City Council. Some of his works were engraved in copper by Crispiaen / Crispin de Pas (1564–1637), others by Peter Isselburg . Around 1601 de Pas Geldorp reproduced the portrait of Elector Lothar von Trier.

Gortzius' son Georg Geldorp became a well-known portrait painter and worked in England in the mid-17th century .

style

Geldorp had a strong, shiny colorism . Brown dominated his color palette. His late works are characterized by soft transitions and a bluish tone in the cuffs and collar.

Geldorp historical paintings in the Dutch style have the character of portraits. From 1595 he began to sign his paintings. His signature consists of an intertwining of his initials GG. An f stands for fecit . Works by Geldorp Gortzius can be found in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn (portraits of Eberhard III Jabach and his wife), the Cologne City Museum , the Old Pinakothek in Munich and the Imperial Gallery in Vienna .

Around 1920 of his 70 portraits, mostly on wood, about 30 still existed in Cologne. His oeuvre includes nine family portraits, the last being from 1610. Some of his works were confused with those of Hans von Aachen .

Works (selection)

  • 1550/55 donor figures , external panels of a triptych by Bartholomäus Bruyn the Elder
  • 1594 miniature picture of Eberhard III. Jabach and his wife for Eberhard III. Jabach (* December 21, 1567 Antwerp, † May 23, 1636 Cologne.), Elsum Castle near Wassenberg
  • 1598 Johann von Lyskirchen , 1920: Cologne City Hall
  • 1600 Eberhard III. Jabach and his wife , oil painting for Eberhard III. Jabach, private collection / Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn
  • 1600 Portrait of Lyskirch , Budapest Museum
  • 1601 Simon VI. (Lippe) , Weser Renaissance Museum
  • 1602 Marcus Beyweg Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
  • 1604 Portrait of a gentleman 1604, oil on panel. each 100.5 × 74.5 cm.
  • 1604 Portrait of a lady , oil on panel. each 100.5 × 74.5 cm.
  • 1611 Johann von Boland 1920: privately owned.
  • 1613 Johann Terlaen , 1920: Cologne City Hall
  • 1613 Johann Hardenrath and wife , 1920: St Mary in the Capitol
  • Hortensia de Prado , 1920: Amsterdam
  • Diana for Johan Meerman in Cologne
  • Susanna for Everhard Iabach. Engraved in copper by Crispiaen de Pas
  • Story of Esther and Ahasuerus for the art lover Gortssen in Hamburg
  • Half-length portrait of Christ for a clergyman's art chamber. Engraved in copper by Crispiaen de Pas.
  • Half-length portrait of Maria dsgl.
  • The four evangelists for the art lover Iooris Haeck. Engraved in copper by Crispiaen de Pas.
  • Annunciation to Mary , engraved in copper by Crispiaen de Pas
  • Maria Magdalena , engraved in copper by Crispiaen de Pas
  • Lucretia , signed, 1920: Hermitage (Saint Petersburg)
  • Crucified , life-size, 1920: meeting room in Cologne town hall.

literature

Web links

Commons : Gortzius Geldorp  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The transmission of the first name is questionable. Thieme-Becker, 1920.
  2. ↑ Illustration in: OH Förster: Kölner Kunstsammler . 1931, as well as in PP Trippen: Jabach, the Fugger family of the West . 1938 (according to Gudrun Calov:  Jabach, Eberhard III. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , pp. 208 f. ( Digitized ).)
  3. ↑ Thieme-Becker, 1920.
personal data
SURNAME Geldorp, Gortzius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gualdrop Gortzius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1553
PLACE OF BIRTH Lions
DATE OF DEATH 1616
Place of death Cologne