Paulus Moreelse (1571 – 6 March 1638) was a Dutch painter, mainly of portraits.

Life

Moreelse was born and lived most of his life in

Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city and a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, pro ...

. He was a pupil of the

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portrait painter

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, often abbreviated as Michiel Jansz. and the surname also spelled Miereveld or Miereveldt, (; 1 May 1566 – 27 June 1641) was a Dutch painter and draftsman of the Dutch Golden Age. Biography Van Mierevelt wa ...

, who had himself been a pupil of

Anthonie van Blocklandt Anthonie Blocklandt van Montfoort, Anthonie van Blocklandt or Anthonie van Montfoort (1533 or 1534 - 18 October 1583) was a Dutch painter. Life He was born in Montfoort, where his father was at one time mayor. He went to learn under Hendrick Swe ...

. He took a study-trip to

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, where he received many portrait commissions. Back in Utrecht, in 1596 he became a member of the ''

zadelaarsgilde The Utrecht Guild of Saint Luke refers to two artist collectives in Utrecht (city); the old Catholic ''Zadelaarsgilde'' (Saddler's Guild) dating from the Middle Ages, as well as the newer ''Sint Lucas Gilde'' established in 1611. The first colle ...

'' (Saddler's guild), which then embraced the painters as well. In 1611, along with

Abraham Bloemaert Abraham Bloemaert (25 December 1566 – 27 January 1651) was a Dutch painter and printmaker in etching and engraving. He was initially working in the style of the "Haarlem Mannerists", but in the 16th century altered his style in line with the ...

, he was one of the founders of a new painters' guild, called "St. Lucas-gilde", and became its first ''deken''.57653
( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie), artist record. Moreelse was a well known portrait painter who received commissions from right across the

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. His earliest known work dates to 1606. Other than portraits, he also painted a few

history painting History painting is a genre in painting defined by its subject matter rather than any artistic style or specific period. History paintings depict a moment in a narrative story, most often (but not exclusively) Greek and Roman mythology and Bible ...

s in the

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style and in the 1620s produced

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scenes of herders and shepherds. He belonged to the same generation as

and

Joachim Wtewael Joachim Anthoniszoon Wtewael (; also known as Uytewael ) (1566 – 1 August 1638) was a Dutch Northern Mannerism, Mannerist painter and Drawing, draughtsman, as well as a highly successful flax merchant, and town councillor of Utrecht (ci ...

, and like Wtewael he played an important role in the public life of their city. His version of Diana and Callisto was engraved by

Jan Saenredam Jan Pieterszoon Saenredam (1565 – 6 April 1607) was a Dutch Northern Mannerist painter, printmaker in engraving, and cartographer, and father of the painter of church interiors, Pieter Jansz Saenredam. He is noted for the many allegorical imag ...

Het Gulden Cabinet ''Het Gulden Cabinet vande Edel Vry Schilder-Const'' or ''The Golden Cabinet of the Noble Liberal Art of Painting'' is a book by the 17th-century Flemish notary and ''Chamber of rhetoric, rederijker'' Cornelis de Bie published in Antwerp. Writte ...

p 499 In 1618, when the anti-remonstrants came to power in Utrecht, he was expelled from the council (''raadslid''). Moreelse was also active as an

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, building Utrecht's Catharijnepoort (1626, demolished c.1850) and possibly also the Vleeshuis (still extant) on Voorstraat from 1637. He taught at Utrecht's ''tekenacademie'', and among his many pupils was

Dirck van Baburen Dirck Jaspersz. van Baburen (c. 1595 – 21 February 1624) was a Dutch painter and one of the Utrecht Caravaggisti. Biography Dirck van Baburen was probably born in Wijk bij Duurstede, but his family moved to Utrecht when he was still young. ...

. On his death, he was buried in the Buurkerk in Utrecht.

Public collections

Among the public collections holding works by Paulus Moreelse are: *

Museum de Fundatie Museum de Fundatie () is a museum for the visual arts in Zwolle, Netherlands. Museum de Fundatie forms part of the Hannema-de Stuers Foundation, to which Kasteel het Nijenhuis in Heino also belongs. Museum de Fundatie possesses a collection of vis ...

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Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the St ...

, Amsterdam

Works

Maria van Utrecht by Paulus Moreelse - 1615.jpg, ''Portrait of

Maria van Utrecht Maria van Utrecht (c.1551, possibly in Rodenrijs - 19 March 1629, Amersfoort) was a notable figure in the Dutch Revolt and the history of the Netherlands. Life Born as the illegitimate daughter of Magdalene Jansdr van Utrecht, Maria grew up in De ...

'', 1615 (

, Amsterdam). Paulus Moreelse - Venus and Cupid - WGA16210.jpg, Venus and Cupid, 1617 ( Hermitage, St Petersburg). Portret van een man, vermoedelijk uit het geslacht Pauw Rijksmuseum SK-C-1440.jpeg, ''Portrait of a man'', 1625 (

, Amsterdam). Johanna Martens (Moreelse).jpg, ''Johanna Martens'', 1625 (

Prado The Prado Museum ( ; ), officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum An art museum or art gallery is a building or space for the display of art, usually from the museum's own collection. It migh ...

, Madrid). Moreelse, Paulus - Girl with a Mirror, an Allegory of Profane Love - 1627.jpg, ''Girl with a Mirror - Allegory of Profane Love'', 1627 (

Fitzwilliam Museum The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge. It is located on Trumpington Street opposite Fitzwilliam Street in central Cambridge. It was founded in 1816 under the will of Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Vis ...

, Cambridge). Vertumnus and Pomona 1630 Paulus Moreelse.jpg, ''

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and Pomona'', 1630 (

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Municipal Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen () is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The name of the museum is derived from the two most important collectors of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen. It is located at ...

, Rotterdam). Een herderin Rijksmuseum SK-A-276.jpeg, ''A Shepherdess'', 1630 (

, Amsterdam). Moreelse, Paulus - Mythological Portrait - 1633.jpg, ''Mythological portrait'', 1633 ( Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moreelse 1571 births 1638 deaths Artists from Utrecht Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch architects Painters from Utrecht Dutch portrait painters

Life

Public collections

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