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Karel van Mander I

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Karel van Mander I, also written Carel van Mander I, lived from 1548 to 1606 and was a Flemish painter, playwright, poet, art historian and art theoretician who settled in the Dutch Republic in the later part of his life. He was born into a noble family in Meulebeke in the County of Flanders and studied in Ghent under Lucas de Heere. He is mainly remembered as the biographer of Early Netherlandish painters and Northern Renaissance artists in his Schilder-boeck, and as an artist and theorist he played a significant part in spreading Northern Mannerism in the Dutch Republic.

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Gender
Male 1
Active From Year
1568 1
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Painting, Art Forms
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Benjamin, from The Twelve Sons of Jacob (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970.635.12)

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Gad, from "The Twelve Sons of Jacob" (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 49.95.1806)

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Issachar, from "The Twelve Sons of Jacob" (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 49.95.1804)

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Naphthali, from "The Twelve Sons of Jacob" (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 49.95.1808)

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Ruben, from The Twelve Sons of Jacob (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 49.95.1799)

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Simeon, from The Twelve Sons of Jacob (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 49.95.1801)

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Zebulon, from "The Twelve Sons of Jacob" (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 49.95.1803)

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Nationality

Dutch Republic

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Habsburg Netherlands

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Meulebeke

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1. Karel van Mander I (Wikipedia)
  • Article text
    Karel van Mander (I) or Carel van Mander I (May 1548-2 September 1606) was a Flemish painter, playwright, poet, art historian and art theoretician, who established himself in the Dutch Republic in the latter part of his life.
  • Life
    During the period 1568-1569 van Mander studied with the painter Pieter Vlerick in Kortrijk
  • Practices: Painting, Lead section
    Karel van Mander (I) or Carel van Mander I (May 1548-2 September 1606) was a Flemish painter, playwright, poet, art historian and art theoretician, who established himself in the Dutch Republic in the latter part of his life.
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