Carel de Moor

Carel de Moor ( born February 25, 1655 in Leiden, † February 16, 1738 in Warmond ) was one of the most important Dutch portrait painter in the tradition of the Leiden fine painting. His teachers were Gerard Dou, Frans van Mieris, Abraham Lambertsz. van den Temple and Godfried Schalcken.

1683 Carel de Moor member of the Leyden St. Luke's Guild, for which he has held numerous leadership positions in the subsequent period. To 1694, he founded with Willem van Mieris and Jacob van Toorenvliet the Leidse Tekenacademie that to 1736 had stock.

His son Isaac Carel de Moor (1691-1751) was also active as a portrait painter.

The Angler

Peter the Great