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Maarten van Heemskerck

Maarten van HeemskerckÉgalement graphié « Maerten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen », et le prénom pouvant aussi être « Marten » ou « Martin », né en 1498 à Heemskerk et mort le à Haarlem, est un peintre maniériste des Pays-Bas. Portraitiste reconnu, il fut proche des milieux littéraires, notamment de Cornelius Musius qui lui passa plusieurs commandes. Il est célèbre pour sa série de gravures Octo Mundi Miracula représentant les Sept Merveilles du monde (1572).

Also recorded as Marten van Heemskerk · M. Heemskerk · Maarten Heemskerk · Marten Jacobsz van Heemskerck the Elder

Maarten van Heemskerck

Jonah Cast Out by the Whale onto the Shore of Nineveh, 1566, by Maarten van Heemskerck

Maarten van Heemskerck · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund · CC0

Born
1498
Birthplace
Heemskerk (Hollande-Septentrionale)
Place of death
Haarlem, (Hollande-Septentrionale)
Nationality
Hollandais
Died
1574.
Occupation
painter, draftsperson, printmaker, architectural drafter, designer, visual artist and etcher.
Fields
portrait, landscape painting, religious painting, history painting and allegory.
Movements
Mannerism.
Known for
Christ as the Man of Sorrows, Self-portrait with the Colosseum and Man of Sorrows.

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Maarten van Heemskerck appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as an artist, painter, etcher, copperplate engraver, draughtsman and woodcut artist (1498 – 1 October 1574).

Life

The birth of Maarten van Heemskerck is recorded in 1498, and the death on 1 October 1574. Maarten van Heemskerck was born in Heemskerk, Netherlands, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Maarten van Heemskerck died in Haarlem, Netherlands, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Activity

Places of activity recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: Haarlem, Rome, Alkmaar, Amsterdam and Delft.

Institutions cited

Bibliothèque nationale de France · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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