Jan van Scorel
(1495–1562) nederländsk målare
Jan van Scorel (1495–1562) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Jan van Scorel belongs to the chapter ‘Mannerism’ in this site’s history of art.
Jan van Scorel was born in Schoorl and died in Utrecht. The teachers included Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, Jan Gossaert, and Cornelis Willemsz. The students included Maarten van Heemskerck.
The best-known works include ‘Mary Magdalene’, ‘Solomon and the Queen of Sheba’, and ‘Landscape with Bathsheba’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 64 works by Jan van Scorel with free images. The dated works span the years 1519–1600. Works by Jan van Scorel are held by several collections, among them Rijksmuseum, Centraal Museum, Museum Catharijneconvent, and Gemäldegalerie Berlin.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Rosso Fiorentino, Pontormo, Bacchiacca, Francesco da Sangallo, and Hans Springinklee.