Cornelis van Haarlem

Cornelis van Haarlem Corneliszoon (* 1562 in Haarlem, † November 11, 1638 ) was a Dutch painter and draftsman, one of the leading artists of Mannerism in the Netherlands and an important predecessor of Frans Hals.

Life

He was a member of the school of Haarlem, which was heavily influenced by the work of Bartholomäus Spranger. He painted mainly portraits as well as mythological and biblical themes. Originally, he painted large format, highly stylized and worked with a grotesque, unnatural anatomy. Later, his work got more of a naturalistic character.

So he painted around 1600, one of the few representations of the cave allegory of Plato. This oil painting is lost today, but reproduced in a 1604 custom built by Jan Saenredam engraving.

Cornelis was married to Marietje Deyman, daughter of the mayor arent Pieters Deyman and a member of a known class family in Haarlem.

Works

The first family (Noah and family )

Innocents in Bethlehem (1590)

Banquet of the Officers of the Company of St. George ( 1599)

Overthrow of the Titans, 1588

Portrait of Pieter Jansz gravel ( 1596)

Exhibition

• 2012: De hollandse Michelangelo. Cornelis van Haarlem 1562-1638, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem.