Artist
Cornelis van Cleve
Southern Netherlands, b. 1520
Cornelis van Cleve is a Southern Netherlands Northern Renaissance painter. 12 works are cataloged here, principally at Bavarian State Painting Collections, most of them oil paintings. Cornelis van Cleve was born in Antwerp.
Cornelis van Cleve, Cornelis van Cleef or Cornelis van der Beke, nickname Sotte Cleve ('Mad Cleve') (1520 in Antwerp – 1567/1614) was a Flemish Renaissance painter active in Antwerp who is known for his religious compositions and portraits. Starting his career in Antwerp in the workshop of his father Joos van Cleve, he later worked for a while in London. When he failed to achieve success in England, he became insane and stopped painting.
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