Marie Duchatel or Marie Du Chastel (1652 – 1692) was a Flemish painter and miniaturist. She had an international career which brought her to work at the courts of Denmark and East Frisia. She married the Dutch painter

Eglon van der Neer Eglon van der Neer (1635/363 May 1703) was a Dutch painter of historical scenes, portraits and elegant, fashionable people, and later of landscapes. Life Van der Neer was born in Amsterdam and was probably first taught by his father, Aert ...

with him she also travelled abroad. She is mainly known for her portraits.Marie Duchatel
at 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 ...

Life

She was born in Brussels where she was baptized on 20 November 1652. She was the daughter of the Flemish painter

François Duchatel François Duchatel or du Chastel (1616/1625–1679/1694) was a Flemish painter who worked in Brussels and possibly also in Paris. He is known for his portraits, including of children and groups and genre art, genre paintings, including of peasant ...

and Jeanne Louys.François Duchatel, ''Charles V after his abdication embarking on a ship bound for Spain in the port of Vlissingen, Zeeland''
at Lawrence Steigrad Fine Arts She was trained by her father. Around 1675 she visited the Danish court, where she painted the pendant portraits of king Christian IV and his wife Charlotte. Around the same time she visited East Frisia. She was given a jewel by

Christine Charlotte of Württemberg Christine Charlotte of Württemberg (21 October 1645, Stuttgart – 16 May 1699, Bruchhausen) was a princess consort of East Frisia by marriage to George Christian, Prince of East Frisia. She served as the regent of East Frisia during the minor ...

, a princess consort of

George Christian, Prince of East Frisia George Christian (6 February 1634, Aurich – 6 June 1665, Aurich) was a member of the Cirksena family and succeeded his brother Enno Louis as ruler of East Frisia. He ruled from 1660 to 1665. Under his reign, the Cirksena family acquired o ...

. She was back in Brussels in 1677 where she likely met her future husband Eglon van der Neer. The couple got married around 1680. Their son Johannes van der Neer became a sculptor and was the founder of a dynasty of sculptors which flourished in Antwerp until the 19th century.Johannes van der Neer (beeldhouwer)
at the

She accompanied her husband to Düsseldorf where he was commissioned to portray the princess

Maria Anna of Neuburg Maria Anna of Neuburg ( es, Mariana; 28 October 1667 – 16 July 1740), was a German princess and member of the Wittelsbach family, who became Queen consort of Spain in 1689 as the second wife of Charles II, last Habsburg King of Spain. Her m ...

. She may have assisted him with the portrait. In 1691 she was in Düsseldorf and Neuberg acting in matters for the Spanish Crown. In his biography of her husband, Weyerman mentioned that he lived in an apartment located underneath hers in "the St. Joseph boarding house in the Keyserstraat in

Antwerp 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,

". She painted daily and lived apart from her husband.Biography of Eglon van der Neer
in Volume III of

The Lives of Dutch painters and paintresses ''The Lives of Dutch painters and paintresses'', or ''De levens-beschryvingen der Nederlandsche konst-schilders en konst-schilderessen'', as it was originally known in Dutch, is a series of artist biographies with engraved portraits written by the ...

Jacob Campo Weyerman Jacob Campo Weyerman (9 August 1677 – 9 March 1747) was a painter and writer during the period known as the Dutch Enlightenment. His work encompassed flower and fruit still life paintings, satirical magazines, plays, and biographies of painter ...

Work

She is known for miniature portraits. Weyerman commented on her work that she could paint better than she drew.

Gallery

File:Hendrik Casimir II (1657-96), vorst van Nassau-Dietz Rijksmuseum SK-A-4439.jpeg, Portrait of

Hendrik Casimir II Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz (18 January 1657 – 25 March 1696) was Stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen from 1664 till 1696. Life Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz was born in The Hague, the eldest son of Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz an ...

, Prince of Nassau-Dietz File:Henriette Amalia van Anhalt-Dessau (1666-1726). Echtgenote van Hendrik Casimir II, vorst van Nassau-Dietz Rijksmuseum SK-A-4313.jpeg, Portrait of

Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau Henriëtte Amalia Maria von Anhalt-Dessau (Kleve, 16 August 1666 – Dietz an der Lahn, 18 April 1726) was a Princess consort of Nassau-Dietz. She was the daughter of John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, and Henriëtte Catharina of Nassau a ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Duchatel, Marie 1652 births 1692 deaths Flemish Baroque painters Flemish portrait painters 17th-century women artists Artists from Brussels Flemish women painters Painters from Brussels