Artist
Maarten van Heemskerck
Dutch, 1498–1574
Maarten van Heemskerck was a Dutch Mannerism painter. 39 works are cataloged here, principally at Rijksmuseum, most of them oil paintings. Maarten van Heemskerck was born in Heemskerk.
Maarten van Heemskerck (born Maerten Jacobsz van Veen; 1 June 1498 – 1 October 1574), 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 adopted his teacher's Italian-influenced style. He spent the years 1532–1536 in Italy.
He produced many designs for engravers, and is especially known for his depictions of the Wonders of the World.
Works by Maarten van Heemskerck
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Jacob Willemsz. van Veen (1456–1535), the Artist's Father
Portrait of Machtelt Suijs
Triomf van het geloof: Neptunus
Left wing of a triptych with the donor Matelief Dammasz and St Paul (inner wing)
The Baptism of Christ
Christ as the Man of Sorrows
Pluto and Cerberus
Samson destroying the Temple
Samson rending the lion
Neptune with a seahorse
Samson Grasping the Gates of Gaza
Vulcan hands Thetis the shield for Achilles
Portrait of (possibly) Pieter Gerritsz Bicker, pendant of (possibly) his wife Anna Codde
Portrait of Johannes Colmannus (1471-1538)
Hercules destroying the centaur Nessus
Portrait of (possibly) Anna Codde, wife of Pieter Gerritsz Bicker
Momos Reproaches the Works of the Gods
Left wing of a triptych with the Erythraean Sibyl (outer wing)
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