Marinus van Reymerswaele

After studying in Leuven and training and working as an artist in Antwerp, he returned later to work in his native Northern Netherlands. He operated a large workshop which produced many versions of mainly four themes: tax collectors, a money changer and his wife, a lawyer in his office, the calling of St. Matthew and St. Jerome in his study.

Marinus van Reymerswaele studied at Old University of Leuven. The recorded working language is Dutch. The field of work recorded is painting, visual arts and Flemish painting. Places of work recorded in the authority are Flemish Region. Works named in the authority record are St Jerome in his study and The Moneychanger and His Wife. Work by Marinus van Reymerswaele is recorded in the collections of Museo del Prado, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Nationalmuseum, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK).

Marinus van Reymerswaele was born in the city of Reimerswaal and he also derives his last name from this city. He was registered in February 1504 as a student at the University of Leuven. He was registered in 1509 in the Liggeren of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke as a pupil of Symon van Daele, a glass painter. He worked, at least from 1531 to 1540 in Antwerp. In the latter year he moved to Goes, where he died around 1546.

The artist is known for a small number of signed panels. A number of other paintings are attributed to him on stylistic grounds. His works show the influence of the Antwerp painter Quentin Matsys. He painted a limited numbers of themes, mostly adapted from Quentin Massys and Albrecht Dürer: The moneychanger and his wife Two tax collectors A lawyer in his office Saint Jerome in his study The calling of Matthew A large group of paintings of tax collectors are wrongly attributed to van Reymerswaele. His themes were popular in the sixteenth century and many works were made after his paintings.

Antwerp, The Phoebus Foundation Two tax collectors Antwerp, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Saint Jerome in his study (1541) Two tax collectors Douai, Musee de la Chartreuse Saint Jerome in his study Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister The moneychanger and his wife (1541) Florence, Bargello The moneychanger and his wife (1540) Ghent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten The Calling of Matthew Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst The moneychanger and his wife (1540) London, National Gallery Two tax collectors (ca. 1540) attributed to the workshop by the Museum. Maastricht, Bonnefanten Museum Saint Jerome in his study (ca. 1541) Madrid, Museo del Prado Saint Jerome (1521) The Virgin nursing the Child (1525-50) The moneychanger and his wife (1538) displayed permanently at the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso (Segovia) The moneychanger and his wife (1539) Saint Jerome in his study (1541) Madrid, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando St. Jerome in his cell (1535) Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza The Calling of St. Matthew (ca. 1530) München, Alte Pinakothek A lawyer (1542) The moneychanger and his wife (1538) Naples, Palazzo Reale di Capodimonte Two tax collectors New Orleans, New Orleans Museum of Art The lawyer’s office (1543) Paris, Louvre Two tax collectors (ca. 1540) Saint Petersburg, Hermitage Two tax collectors Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum Saint Jerome in his study The Unjust Steward