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Marinus van Reymerswaele
Marinus van Reymerswaele (b ?Roymerswaele, c.1490; d ?Middelburg, ?1567). Netherlandish painter, presumably from Roymerswaele (once in Zeeland but now under the sea). He specialized in two types of picture, both with more or less life-size half-length figures: representations of St Jerome in his study (influenced by Dürer) and genre scenes of bankers, usurers, misers, and tax collectors. The genre scenes show the sin of avarice and the vanity of earthly possessions; according to a Flemish proverb a banker, a usurer, a tax collector, and a miller were the four evangelists of the devil. These paintings must have been very popular, for they exist in numerous versions and copies, but it is not known what kind of clientele bought pictures of such unpleasant characters, grotesquely presented in a manner deriving (via Massys) from Leonardo's ‘caricatures’. A ‘Marinus…of Romerswael’ is mentioned in Middelburg in 1567, when he was condemned to walk in a penitential procession for taking part in the looting of a church, but he may not be identical with the painter, who is described as deceased in another document of that year.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Marinus van Reymerswaele." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Marinus van Reymerswaele." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-MarinusvanReymerswaele.html IAN CHILVERS. "Marinus van Reymerswaele." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-MarinusvanReymerswaele.html |
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Marinus van Reymerswaele
Marinus van Reymerswaele (c.1490–1567?). Netherlandish painter, presumably from Roymerswaele (once in Zeeland but now under the sea). He specialized in two types of picture, both with more or less life-size half-length figures: representations of St Jerome in his study (influenced by Dürer) and genre scenes of bankers, usurers, misers, and tax-collectors. The genre scenes show the sin of avarice and the vanity of earthly possessions; according to a Flemish proverb a banker, a usurer, a tax-collector, and a miller were the four evangelists of the devil. These paintings must have been very popular, for they exist in numerous versions and copies, but it is not known what kind of clientele bought pictures of such unpleasant characters, grotesquely presented in a manner deriving (via Massys) from Leonardo's ‘caricatures’. A ‘Marinus … of Romerswael’ is mentioned in Middelburg in 1567, when he was condemned to walk in a penitential procession for taking part in the looting of a church, but he may not be identical with the painter, who is described as deceased in another document of that year.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Marinus van Reymerswaele." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Marinus van Reymerswaele." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-MarinusvanReymerswaele.html IAN CHILVERS. "Marinus van Reymerswaele." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-MarinusvanReymerswaele.html |
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Reymerswaele, Marinus van
Reymerswaele, Marinus van. See Marinus van Reymerswaele.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Reymerswaele, Marinus van." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Reymerswaele, Marinus van." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-ReymerswaeleMarinusvan.html IAN CHILVERS. "Reymerswaele, Marinus van." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-ReymerswaeleMarinusvan.html |
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