Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck

(1606–1662) Dutch painter (1606–1662)

Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck (1606–1662) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck was born in Haarlem and died in Haarlem. The teachers included Cornelis Engelsz. and Frans Hals. Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck worked in Haarlem. Wikidata associates Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck with Baroque. Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck became a member of Haarlem Guild of St. Luke.

The best-known works include ‘Pieter Jacobsz Schout (1570-1645). Burgomaster of Haarlem’, ‘Johan van Schoterbosch (ca. 1564-1654). Councillor and alderman of Haarlem’, and ‘Portrait of a Girl Dressed in Blue’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait, figure painting, and genre painting. The catalogue has 82 works by Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck with free images. The dated works span the years 1622–1658. Works by Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck are held by several collections, among them Rijksmuseum, Frans Hals Museum, Grand ducal collection, Oldenburg, and Kunsthandel P. de Boer. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Laurent de La Hyre, Lorenzo Lippi, Nicolas Mignard, Rembrandt van Rijn, and Joan Carlile.

• The Baroque
• Portrait of a Girl Dressed in Blue