Jan van Scorel
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Jan van Scorel was a Dutch painter, who played a leading role in introducing aspects of Italian Renaissance painting into Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting. He was one of the early painters of th
Portrait of Jan van Scorel by Antonis Mor (1560)
The dying Cleopatra (c.1522)
Obervellach, St.Martin's church, Frangipani-Altar
Cornelis Aerentsz van der Dussen (c. 1535)
Maarten van Heemskerck
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Maarten van Heemskerck, also known as Marten Jacobsz Heemskerk van Veen, was a Dutch portrait and religious painter, who spent most of his career in Haarlem. He was a pupil of Jan van Scorel, and adop
Jan van Scorel
…and who would have the greatest effect on his technique. Van Scorel is recorded in Haarlem in 1517 where he perhaps collaborated with his contemporary Maarten van Heemskerck, who like him, had been born close to Alkmaar (they certainly collaborated in Haarlem in 1528). In 1524 Jan Gossaert is recorded at Duurstede Castle…
Self-portrait detail from his painting of the Colosseum
Portrait of a Lady spinning, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid; painted before Heemskerck left for Italy in 1532
Maarten van Heemskerck, "Les ruines de la Casa dei Crescenzi"
Maarten van Heemskerck, "Rome, the Colosseum"