Cornelis Engelsz.
Coll. Of Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg • Illustration — Presumed selfportrait of Cornelis Engelsz, 1612 Cornelis Engelsz (1575–1650) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and the father of Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck.
Also recorded as Gerard Sprong · Cornelis Engelsz. Verspronck Engelsz. · Cornelis Engelsz. Verspronck
Cornelis Engelsz.
- Born
- 1575 · Gouda.
- Died
- 1650 · Haarlem.
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Occupation
- painter
- Known for
- Frans Overrijn van Schoterbosch (c. 1484-?) · Portrait of Pieter Salina · Portrait of Willem Fransz Overrijn van Schoterbosch (c.1510-?)
- Languages
- Dutch
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The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Haarlem. Works named in the authority record are Frans Overrijn van Schoterbosch (c. Work by Cornelis Engelsz. Is recorded in the collections of Rijksmuseum, Frans Hals Museum, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, Uppark and Norfolk Museums Collections.
Engelsz was born in Gouda. According to Houbraken, he was a pupil of Karel van Mander and a colleague of Frans Hals in Haarlem. The Frans Hals Museum has several works by him and his son, the portrait painter Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck. According to the RKD he was a pupil of Cornelis Cornelisz and he became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1593 and was from 1594 to 1621 a member of the schutterij there that he painted in 1618. He died in Haarlem.
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– Collection of Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg • Illustration — Portret van Floris van Schoterbosch, 1618 • Illustration — Old man accepting alms • Illustration — The St Adrian Civic Guard – 1612
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1575
Cornelis Engelsz. born at Gouda.
1650
Cornelis Engelsz. died at Haarlem.
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