Maarten van Heemskerck
(1498–1574) Dutch painter (1498–1574)
Maarten van Heemskerck (1498–1574) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a draughtsman, and a designer. By year of birth, Maarten van Heemskerck belongs to the chapter ‘Mannerism’ in this site’s history of art.
Maarten van Heemskerck was born in Heemskerk and died in Haarlem. The teachers included Jan van Scorel, Cornelis Willemsz, and Jan Lucasz.. Maarten van Heemskerck worked in Haarlem, Amsterdam, Delft, and Mantua. Wikidata associates Maarten van Heemskerck with Mannerism. Maarten van Heemskerck became a member of Haarlem Guild of St. Luke. The students included Cornelis van der Goude.
The best-known works include ‘Christ as the Man of Sorrows’, ‘Self-portrait with the Colosseum’, and ‘Man of Sorrows’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait, landscape painting, and religious painting. The catalogue has 250 works by Maarten van Heemskerck with free images. The dated works span the years 1528–1575. Works by Maarten van Heemskerck are held by several collections, among them Belgiens kungliga bibliotek, Royal Library of Belgium, Frans Hals Museum, and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Mannerism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Girolamo da Treviso the Younger, Niccolò Tribolo, Alessandro Bonvicini, Christoph Weiditz, and Lancelot Blondeel.