Jan Mortel
Illustration — Flowers from the Leiden Botanical gardens, 1688 Jan Mortel (baptized 16 October 1652 – 15 October 1719) was a Dutch Golden Age flower painter. Mortel was born and died in Leiden. He was a pupil of Jan Porcellis van Delden and became a master in the Leiden Guild of St.
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Jan Mortel
Jan Mortel · Museum Boerhaave · Public domain
- Born
- 1652 · Leiden.
- Died
- 1719 · Leiden.
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Occupation
- botanical illustrator · painter
- Fields
- floral
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Flowers from the Leiden Botanical gardens, 1688 Jan Mortel (baptized 16 October 1652 – 15 October 1719) was a Dutch Golden Age flower painter. Mortel was born and died in Leiden. He was a pupil of Jan Porcellis van Delden and became a master in the Leiden Guild of St.
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Born at Leiden in 1652, died in Leiden in 1719.
The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are floral. Places of work recorded in the authority are Leiden. Work by Jan Mortel is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Museum De Lakenhal, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.
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