Michiel van Mierevelt

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt ( Willem Jacobszoon Delff )

Michiel van Mierevelt , also Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt , Miereveld or Miereveldt (born May 1, 1567 in Delft ; † June 27, 1641 ibid) was a Dutch painter .

Life

Mierevelt studied under Anthonie van Montfoort (called Blocklandt ) in Utrecht (1579–83), quickly established himself as a successful portrait painter and ran a large studio . He became court painter to Prince Moritz of Orange , whose most important portraitist he became. Despite his connection to the Anabaptists , van Mierevelt was also in the service of Archduke Albrecht VII of Austria . He painted historical and mythological scenes in an elegant mannerist style. Anthonie Palamedesz was among his students .

family

Michiel van Mierevelt was married to Christina van der Pas (1558–1628) since 1589. The couple had three children:

Geertruid (1594–1639) ⚭ 1618 Willem Jacobszoon Delff (1580–1638)
Maria (1595–1636), ⚭ 1629 Johann van Heemskerck van Beest (1602–1648)
Pieter (1596–1623), painter

Works (selection)

Portrait of Prince Moritz of Orange , around 1620/25, oil on canvas, 180 × 150 cm, Chatéau de Grosbois, Paris ( Val-de-Marne department ).

gallery

Portrait of Elector Friedrich V of the Palatinate , 1613
Portrait of Hugo Grotius , 1631
Portrait by Jacob Cats , 1614
Portrait of Philipp Wilhelm of Orange
Portrait of an anatomy lesson
Portrait of François van Aerssen

literature

Joseph Eduard Wessely : Mierevelt, Michiel Jansz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 713 f.

Individual evidence

↑ Klaus Bußmann , Heinz Schilling : 1648 - War and Peace in Europe. Catalog volume and two text volumes, Münster 1998 [Documentation of the Council of Europe exhibition on the 350th anniversary of the Peace of Westphalia in Münster and Osnabrück.] Münster / Osnabrück 1998, ISBN 3-88789-127-9 , p. 107 f.

Web links

Commons : Michiel van Mierevelt - album with pictures, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Mierevelt, Michiel van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mierevelt, Michiel Jansz van; Miereveld, Michiel van; Miereveldt, Michiel van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch painter
DATE OF BIRTH	May 1, 1567
PLACE OF BIRTH	Delft
DATE OF DEATH	June 27, 1641
Place of death	Delft

[1] Klaus Bußmann , Heinz Schilling : 1648 - War and Peace in Europe. Catalog volume and two text volumes, Münster 1998 [Documentation of the Council of Europe exhibition on the 350th anniversary of the Peace of Westphalia in Münster and Osnabrück.] Münster / Osnabrück 1998, ISBN 3-88789-127-9 , p. 107 f.