Maarten van Heemskerck

Martin van Heemskerck (* 1498 in Heemskerk, † October 1, 1574 in Haarlem, . Actually Martin van Veen, Dutch Maarten van Heemskerck, Maerten van Veen born or Marten Heemskerk van Veen Jacobszoon ) was a Dutch painter and draftsman of Mannerism.

Work

Against the will of his father, who was a farmer, van Heemskerck went to Haarlem Cornelis at Willemsz into teaching. 1527 he moved to Jan van Scorel, from whom he learned so much that art historians do not know exactly of a number of paintings, whether or van Heemskerck van Scorel have created them.

Italy, 1532-1536

In 1532 he embarked on a journey that took him first in various cities of northern Italy, and finally to Rome, where he was able to come up with a letter of recommendation van Scorel with Cardinal William of Enckenvoirt, a confidant of Pope Adrian IV nierdländischen introduce. Because of his skill as a painter and its operation, he quickly received orders from the studios of leading Roman artists. Inter alia he worked with Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Battista Franco and Francesco de ' Rossi in shaping the Porta San Sebastiano in Rome as a triumphal arch in honor of the arrival of Charles V on April 5, 1536 in Rome. During his stay, he completed a large number of drawings of ancient Roman sculptures and other relics as well as ancient and contemporary architecture, which have been reproduced as engravings and widely disseminated. Get a sketchbook that is kept in the Prints and Drawings in Berlin, and that means an important source for the art and science of history and specifically for the architectural history of St. Peter's because of the detail of his drawings. His sketch material served him in the episode as the basis for his historical paintings. Maarten van Heemskerck is considered the founder of the topographical Romvedute.

Return to Haarlem

After his return to Haarlem he got especially ecclesiastical orders, not only for altarpieces and other paintings, but also for the design of tapestries and stained glass windows. From 1540 to 1542 he was married to the Haarlemerin Marie Jacobs Coningsdochter; she died in childbed.

Van Heemskerck was a leading member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke, the guild of painters. He was also from 1553 to his death in 1574 Master of the Church of St. Bavo Church in Haarlem.

Works (selection)

  • Triumph of Bacchus, 1537/1538, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Portrait of a family, in 1538, William Castle Museum, Kassel
  • Nascendo morimur, 1540, Middle Rhine Museum, Koblenz
  • Apollo and the Usen, 1550-1560, New Orleans Museum of Art
  • Momus blames the works of the gods, 1561st Berlin Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
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