Marinus van Reymerswaele

Marinus van Reymerswaele or Marinus van Reymerswale [a] (c. 1490 – c. 1546) was a Dutch Renaissance painter mainly known for his genre scenes and religious compositions. After studying in Leuven and training and working as an artist in Antwerp, he returned later to work in his native Northern Netherlands.[1] He operated a large workshop which produced many versions of mainly four themes: tax collectors, a money changer and his wife, a lawyer in his office, the calling of St. Matthew and St. Jerome in his study.[2]

Biography

Marinus van Reymerswaele was born in the city of Reimerswaal and he also derives his last name from this city. He was registered in February 1504 as a student at the University of Leuven. He was registered in 1509 in the Liggeren of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke as a pupil of Symon van Daele, a glass painter.[1]

He worked, at least from 1531 to 1540 in Antwerp. In the latter year he moved to Goes, where he died around 1546.

Work

The artist is known for a small number of signed panels. A number of other paintings are attributed to him on stylistic grounds. His works show the influence of the Antwerp painter Quentin Matsys.[2]

He painted a limited numbers of themes, mostly adapted from Quentin Massys and Albrecht Dürer:

  • The moneychanger and his wife
  • Two tax collectors
  • A lawyer in his office
  • Saint Jerome in his study
  • The calling of Matthew[2]

A large group of paintings of tax collectors are wrongly attributed to van Reymerswaele. His themes were popular in the sixteenth century and many works were made after his paintings.

List of works

  • Selected works
  • The tax collectors (c. 1530-1535), Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
  • Two tax collectors (c. 1540), Louvre, Paris
  • Saint Jerome in his study (1541), Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp

Notes

  1. ^ Name variations: Marinus van Roymerswaele, Marinus Claesz. van Reymerswaele, Marinus Claesz. van Roymerswaele, Marino de Seeu, Marinus de Seeu, Marino de Seeuw, Marino de Siressea, Marino de Siressia, Marino de Sirissea, Marinus van Zeeuw

References

  1. ^ a b Marinus van Reymerswale at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch)
  2. ^ a b c Adri Mackor, 'Marinus van Reymerswale: Painter, Lawyer and Iconoclast?', Oud Holland 109 (1995) pp. 191-200
  3. ^ "Marinus van Reymerswale - Colección - Museo Nacional del Prado". www.museodelprado.es. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  4. ^ "El cambista y su mujer - Colección - Museo Nacional del Prado". www.museodelprado.es. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Reymerswaele, Marinus van - San Jerónimo en su celda". Academia Colecciones (in Spanish). Real Academia de BBAA de San Fernando. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  6. ^ "The Calling of Saint Matthew". Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
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