Paul Moreelse

Paul Moreelse (1615/20)

Paulus Janszoon Moreelse (* 1571 in Utrecht ; † March 19, 1638 ibid) was a Dutch portrait and history painter of the Dutch Golden Age . His style was based on that of Caravaggio . His son was the painter Johan Moreelse .

Moreelse began his painting career as an apprentice to the Delft painter Michiel Janszoon van Miereveld . After a trip to Italy (1596) he returned to Utrecht and mainly painted portraits (1602) of contemporaries and colleagues as well as representatives of noble houses, such as B. the portrait of Duke Christian von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel or that of the Utrecht family van Voorst. He was instrumental in setting up the painters' guild "Sint Lucas" in his hometown, of which he was the first elected chairman. After 1620, he focused on religious and mythological subjects. In addition to his painting activities, he was also active politically (as a city councilor) and as an architect (designed, among other things, the then Katharinentor in Utrecht). He was also involved in founding the University of Utrecht in 1636 . His works were in great demand as collectibles at the time.

Works

The blonde shepherdess, 1624

"Portrait of a four-year-old boy with a bat and ball" (1611)
"Pan plays his flutes"
"Portrait of Duke Christian von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel" (1619)
"The blonde shepherdess" (1624)
"Young Lady in a Black Robe" (1626)
"Portrait of a Shepherd Boy" (1627)
"Portrait of Lucas van Voorst" (1628)
"Portrait of Catharina van Voorst" (1628)
"Vertumnus and Pomona" (approx. 1630)
"Venus, feeding two pigeons"
"Woman at the Mirror" (1632)

literature

CH de Jonge: Paulus Moreelse. Portraits of genre signs te Utrecht, 1571-1638 . Van Gorcum, Assen 1938, (Review: H. Gerson. In: Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs Vol. 74, January 1939, No. 430, ISSN 0007-6287 , pp. 44-45).
Joseph Eduard Wessely : Moreelse, Paulus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 219 f.

Web links

Commons : Paulus Moreelse - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ NN: The war as a person. Duke Christian the Younger of Braunschweig-Lüneburg in the portrait by Paulus Moreelse. Exhibition in the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum Braunschweig. March 16 to May 14, 2000. Braunschweig 2000, ISBN 3-922279-47-3 .

personal data
SURNAME	Moreelse, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Moreelse, Paulus Janszon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch Baroque painter
DATE OF BIRTH	1571
PLACE OF BIRTH	Utrecht
DATE OF DEATH	March 19, 1638
Place of death	Utrecht

[1] NN: The war as a person. Duke Christian the Younger of Braunschweig-Lüneburg in the portrait by Paulus Moreelse. Exhibition in the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum Braunschweig. March 16 to May 14, 2000. Braunschweig 2000, ISBN 3-922279-47-3 .