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Jan Mortel (baptized 16 October 1652 – 15 October 1719) was a

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flower painter. Mortel was born and died in

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. He was a pupil of Jan Porcellis van Delden and became a master in the

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in 1675. Mortel painted primarily

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s, often combining fruits and flowers with insects and butterflies. Some of his works were copies after

Abraham Mignon Abraham Mignon or Minjon (21 June 164027 March 1679), was a still life painter.Abraham Mignon
at the

or Mignon's teacher

Jan Davidsz de Heem Jan Davidsz. de Heem or in-full ''Jan Davidszoon de Heem'', also called ''Johannes de Heem'' or ''Johannes van Antwerpen'' or ''Jan Davidsz de Hem'' (c. 17 April 1606 in Utrecht – before 26 April 1684 in Antwerp), was a still life painter ...

. In 1690 he was appointed as

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's official artist for their

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, where he worked closely with the prefect, which position was filled from 1709 by

Herman Boerhaave Herman Boerhaave (, 31 December 1668 – 23 September 1738Underwood, E. Ashworth. "Boerhaave After Three Hundred Years." ''The British Medical Journal'' 4, no. 5634 (1968): 820–25. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20395297.) was a Dutch botanist, ...

References

Mortel, Jan
in the RKD databases
Jan Mortel
on

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