Paulus Moreelse
Paulus Moreelse (1571 – 6 March 1638) was a Dutch painter, mainly of portraits.
Life
Moreelse was born and lived most of his life in
zadelaarsgilde (Saddler's guild), which then embraced the painters as well. In 1611, along with Abraham Bloemaert, he was one of the founders of a new painters' guild, called "St. Lucas-gilde", and became its first deken.[1]
Moreelse was a well known portrait painter who received commissions from right across the
Mannerist style and in the 1620s produced pastoral scenes of herders and shepherds. He belonged to the same generation as Abraham Bloemaert and Joachim Wtewael, and like Wtewael he played an important role in the public life of their city. His version of Diana and Callisto was engraved by Jan Saenredam.[2] In 1618, when the anti-remonstrants
came to power in Utrecht, he was expelled from the council (raadslid).
Moreelse was also active as an architect, building Utrecht's Catharijnepoort (1626, demolished c.1850) and possibly also the Vleeshuis (still extant) on Voorstraat from 1637. He taught at Utrecht's tekenacademie, and among his many pupils was Dirck van Baburen. On his death, he was buried in the Buurkerk in Utrecht.
Public collections
Among the public collections holding works by Paulus Moreelse are:
- The Netherlands
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Works
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Venus and Cupid, 1617 (Hermitage, St Petersburg). -
Portrait of a man, 1625 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam). -
Johanna Martens, 1625
(Prado, Madrid). -
Girl with a Mirror - Allegory of Profane Love, 1627
(Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge). -
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A Shepherdess, 1630 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam). -
Girl at a mirror, 1632 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam). -
Mythological portrait, 1633 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
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See also
References
- Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie), artist record.
- ^ Het Gulden Cabinet p 499
External links
Media related to Paulus Moreelse at Wikimedia Commons
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