Cornelis de Neve or Cornelius de Neve (

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between 1602 and 1622 - Antwerp, c. 1678), was a Flemish painter who worked for a long period in England as a portrait artist.Cornelis de Neve
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History

Life

Very few details about the life of the artist are known. His father was a painter referred to as Cornelis de Neve the Elder. His father must have moved to London where he died before 1609. Sarah Pookes, the widow of Cornelis de Neve the Elder and the mother of the young Cornelis remarried

John de Critz John de Critz or John Decritz (1551/2 – 14 March 1642 (buried)) was one of a number of painters of Flemish origin active at the English royal court during the reigns of James I of England and Charles I of England. He held the post of Serjean ...

in 1609. John de Critz was a portrait painter who was a prominent member of the Flemish émigré family de Critz. He was also the uncle by marriage of Hester Tradescant.Rachael Emily Malleson Poole, ''An outline of the history of the De Critz family of painters'', Volume of the Walpole Society, 1913, pp. 53-54 Cornelis de Neve must therefore have been born before 1609. Some art historians believe de Neve may have been a pupil of

Anthony van Dyck Sir Anthony van Dyck (, many variant spellings; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Brabantian Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy. The seventh c ...

.Cornelis de Neve (Biographical details)
at the British Museum website

Work

Cornelis de Neve was a specialist portrait painter. His first dated works are from 1627. Only a limited number of works are attributed to the artist. As he was part of the circle of portrait painters of the de Critz family, it has been difficult to attribute particular works to de Neve or a member of the de Critz family. For instance, the '' Portrait of John Tradescant the elder'' (

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) was formerly attributed to Cornelis de Neve but is now given to Emanuel de Critz, son of John de Critz.''Portrait of John Tradescant the elder''
in the Ashmolean Museum

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Neve, Cornelis de 1609 births 1678 deaths Flemish Baroque painters Artists from Antwerp Flemish portrait painters Year of birth uncertain