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Karel van Mallery (1571–1635?) was a Flemish engraver who mainly worked on religious subjects and portraits and was also a reproductive engraver. He worked in Antwerp and Paris.
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He travelled to Rome in the years 1595-1597 and when he returned to Antwerp he became a master in the Guild in 1597. He married Catharina Galle, the daughter of his teacher on 10 January 1598. They named their son Philips.
From 1601 he worked in Antwerp and in Paris for a period of about five years. In 1620-1621 he became deacon of the Antwerp Guild and in 1626 he lived in the Keyserstraet. He was the teacher of his son Philips van Mallery and the engraver
Karel van Mallery (1571–1635?) was a Flemish engraver who mainly worked on religious subjects and portraits and was also a reproductive engraver. He worked in Antwerp and Paris.
Life
Karel van Mallery was born inAntwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,
. He was a pupil of Philips Galle
Philip (or Philips) Galle (1537 – March 1612) was a Dutch publisher, best known for publishing old master prints, which he also produced as designer and engraver. He is especially known for his reproductive engravings of paintings.
Life
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. He was registered as a pupil in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke
The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries. They were named in honor of the Evangelist Luke, the patron saint of artists, who was ide ...
in 1585.Karel van Malleryat the
Netherlands Institute for Art History
The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ...
He travelled to Rome in the years 1595-1597 and when he returned to Antwerp he became a master in the Guild in 1597. He married Catharina Galle, the daughter of his teacher on 10 January 1598. They named their son Philips.
From 1601 he worked in Antwerp and in Paris for a period of about five years. In 1620-1621 he became deacon of the Antwerp Guild and in 1626 he lived in the Keyserstraet. He was the teacher of his son Philips van Mallery and the engraver Michel Natalis
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The date and place of his death are not certain.
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.
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painted his portrait, which was engraved by Lucas Vorsterman the Elder
Lucas Vorsterman (1595–1675) was a Baroque engraver. He worked with the artists Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, as well as for patrons such as Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel and Charles I of England.
Biography
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for inclusion in the ''Iconography'' of van Dyck.
Work
His work consists of Christian religious representations, portraits and reproductions of works of other artists. He worked on various publishing projects for the Antwerp publishers such as thePlantin Press
The Plantin Press at Antwerp was one of the focal centers of the fine printed book in the 16th century.
History
Christophe Plantin (c. 1520–1589) of Touraine was trained as a bookbinder. He fled from Paris where at least one printer had rece ...
and on religious commissions often in collaboration with other Antwerp engravers such as Philip Galle
Philip (or Philips) Galle (1537 – March 1612) was a Dutch publisher, best known for publishing old master prints, which he also produced as designer and engraver. He is especially known for his reproductive engravings of paintings.
Life
Galle ...
and the Wierix brothers.Jeffrey Chipps Smith, ''Sensuous Worship: Jesuits and the Art of the Early Catholic Reformation in Germany'', Princeton University Press, 2002, p. 42References
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mallery, Karel van Flemish engravers Painters from Antwerp 16th-century engravers 17th-century engravers 1571 births 1645 deaths