Jacob van Doordt
Illustration — Kirsten Munk, 1623 Jacob van Doort (-1629) was a painter of Flemish or Dutch extraction active in portrait miniatures from 1606 to his death in 1629. He did much of his work for the courts of Denmark and Sweden, in particular the court of Christian IV of Denmark. His own life is not well known.
Also recorded as Jacob van der Doordt · Jacob van der Dort · Jacob van Doort · Jacob van Dort
Jacob van Doordt
Jacob van Doordt · Public domain
- Born
- 1600 · Hamburg.
- Died
- 1629 · Stockholm.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter · modeler
- Fields
- portrait
- Known for
- Fredrick II, 1534-1588, King of Denmark. Sofie of Mecklenburg, 1557-1631 and Queen of Denmark
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Kirsten Munk, 1623 Jacob van Doort (-1629) was a painter of Flemish or Dutch extraction active in portrait miniatures from 1606 to his death in 1629. He did much of his work for the courts of Denmark and Sweden, in particular the court of Christian IV of Denmark. His own life is not well known.
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Identity
He was possibly the son of Peter van der Doort of Antwerp and the brother of Abraham van Doordt. He may have been born in Hamburg and made a few trips to England. For most of his career he worked in Northern Europe.
The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Positions recorded include court painter. Works named in the authority record are Fredrick II, 1534-1588, King of Denmark. Work by Jacob van Doordt is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Nivaagaard Museum, National Portrait Gallery of Sweden, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design and Rosenborg Castle.
Jacob van Doordt is recorded with the occupation miniature painter. Recorded as a citizen of Dutch Republic. Classed in the genre portrait.
Anna Katharine, Kirsten Munk- og Christian IVs datter, fra familiebillede som barn med søskende og mor, Frederiksborg Slot, Hillerød
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1600
Jacob van Doordt was born on 1 January 1600.
1629
Jacob van Doordt died on 1 November 1629.
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Hamburg.
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Stockholm.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q481585: Jacob van Doordt
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