Maria van Oosterwijck
Maria van Oosterwijk, also Oosterwyck and Oosterwijck ( born August 27, 1630 Nootdorp, † November 12, 1693 in Uitdam ) was a Dutch Baroque painter.
Life
She was born in 1630 as a subsidiary of the company acting since 1623 Protestant pastor Jacobus van Oosterwjik ( 1597-1674 ) and Adriana van Linschoten Lambrechts ( 1600-1636 ) in Nootdorp at Delft. Her parents both came from Delft. She was the third of four children, one already died early. Thus she grew up with her sister and her brother Geertruyt Lambert. When her mother died, the family moved to Voorburg, where her father was of local pastor. Already in her childhood, her father recognized the special talent of his daughter and sent her the still life painter Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606-1684) in the doctrine, whose art took an extraordinary influence on them. The talented singer who strove after him quickly, and finally devoted himself to the still life, particularly flowers to pieces. When her brother Lambert in 1658 moved to Leiden to study theology, she accompanied him - probably because most of her family lived there. Maria van Oosterwijks sister was there married to the widower Johan van Assendelft and the city of Leiden historian Jan Janszoon Orlers, was her uncle. For now, there were also good contacts with other painters. As of May 1660 remained for about three years in Utrecht.
Mid- 1666, she moved to Amsterdam. She got there in the still-life painter Willem van Aelst. About him she gained international prominence for the first time. On December 28, 1667 the Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo III mentioned. , That their still lifes are at least as good as the van Aelst. At this time, the artist Geertje Pieters came (1665-1735) to further add to the studio. With it, she befriended in itself. Van Oosterwijk concentrated exclusively at all on the painting of flowers and fruits, and sold the pictures at good prices.
In 1689, she finally withdrew from the painting industry. At about this time painted Michiel van Musscher a portrait of the artist Porträtallegorie the painter Maria van Oosterwijk, the proof of its position in the genre of flower painting. A floating down from above Genius crowns the elegantly dressed painter with a laurel wreath. At a satin sash, the portrait medal of a principal depends. The painting hangs in the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, United States.
After they had sold a lot of their art, Maria van Oosterwijck 1690 moved into the house of her nephew, Jacobus van Assendelft, the son of her sister Geertruyt and since 1688 pastor in Uitdam. There she died 1693rd Maria van Oosterwijk was buried in the cemetery of Uitdam.
Popularity and works
According to a 1720 published biography they have painted very slowly and only slightly produced, which suggests that only two dozen of her works of art are preserved. With over one hundred guilders per image she was one of the highest-earning Dutch painters of her time. First and foremost among the princes of Europe, they gained great recognition. So she painted, among others, for the Emperor Leopold I, King Louis XIV, the King Jan Sobieski of Poland and the governor of the Netherlands. Like many of her contemporaries, she was also not included in the Guild of St. Luke. Your images can be found in major museums around the world, in Dresden, Vienna, Prague, Florence, Leningrad, USA and in the collection of the Queen of England.
A Vanitas Still Life by Maria van Oisterwijk was sold for 262,000 euros at an auction in spring 2005.