Cornelis van Haarlem

(1562–1638) Dutch painter (1562-1638)

Cornelis van Haarlem (1562–1638) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Cornelis van Haarlem belongs to the chapter ‘Mannerism’ in this site’s history of art.

Cornelis van Haarlem was born in Haarlem and died in Haarlem. The teachers included Gillis Coignet and Pieter Pietersz the Elder. Cornelis van Haarlem worked in Antwerp. Wikidata associates Cornelis van Haarlem with Mannerism. Cornelis van Haarlem became a member of Haarlem Guild of St. Luke. The students included Salomon de Bray.

The best-known works include ‘A Monk With a Beguine’, ‘Portrait of Dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, Poet, Philosopher and Engraver’, and ‘The Massacre of the Innocents’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 111 works by Cornelis van Haarlem with free images. The dated works span the years 1580–2000. Works by Cornelis van Haarlem are held by several collections, among them Frans Hals Museum, National Museum in Warsaw, Rijksmuseum, and Princeton Art Museum. Wikidata links 2 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Mannerism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Antonio Circignani, Camillo Procaccini, Tobias Verhaecht, Marcus Geeraerts, and Pietro Bernini.

• Mannerism
• The Fall of the Titans