Discover painter, draftsperson, tapestry designer Karel van Mander (II)

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: Mander, Carel van (II)

Qualifications: painter, draftsperson, tapestry designer, carpet manufacturer, court artist

Nationality/school: North Netherlandish, South Netherlandish

Born: Kortrijk 1579
c. 1579

Deceased: Delft (city) 1623-02-21
De Liefde-van Brakel 2016, p. 189; buried in the Old Church of Delft 26 February 1623 (Van Ysselstein 1936, vol. 1, p. 94)

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Karel van Mander I and Catalina; marriage in January 1608 with Cornelia Rooswijck (d. 1653 at the age of 75), in the Old Church in Delft; father of 10 children, amongst them Karel van Mander III and Cornelis van Mander.

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Delft (stad) 1607 - 1623
became a member of the Saint Luke's guild in 1613
Skanderborg (Denemarken) 1616
In September Karel van Mander II travelled to Denmark; in October he signed a contract with Christian IV for a series of tapestries for Frederiksborg Castle.
Skåne (prov.) 1616
visited with a guide the places in southern Sweden that had been important for the Kalmar War of 1611-1613
Flensburg 1616
on 6 December 1616, during a meeting in Flensborg, the definitive subjects for the tapestries were defined; they had to be realized in 1618-1619
Delft (stad) 1617 - 1619
Kopenhagen 1619
On 31 August 1619 the artist received a passport to bring 3 boxes with 18 tapestries to Christian IV in Denmark. On 31 December Christian IV declared that he had received 26 tapestries for private use.
Delft (stad) 1620 - 1623
Before his death he was sued by 17 employees for malversations with the 'Knegtenbusse' (a health insurance fund), from which fl. 318,- was appropriated by Van Mander. Nothing came from this lawsuit: van Mander was shortly afterwards declared bankrupt and died in 1623, while his wife fled the city.

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Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Mander, Karel van (I)
Spiering, François
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Lier, Joris van
Mander, Karel van (III)

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: genre, history (genre), landscape (genre), portrait

Medium/technique: oil paint

Member of

Sint-Lucasgilde (Delft)

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 6 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 1 (1718), p. 252 (Houbraken partly mixed up the information on Karel van Mander II and III.)
Kramm 1857-1864 , vol. 4 (1860), p. 1055-1057
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 23 (1929), p. 607-608; vol. 7 (1921), p. 148
Van Ysselsteyn 1936 , passim
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 457
Eller 1971 , p. 105, 295, 334, 421
Witt Checklist 1978
Briels 1997 , p. 357
Hartkamp-Jonxis/Smit 2004 , cat.nos. 53-55; p. 425 (biography)
Terrenato 2004 , passim
Roding 2014 , p. 12-15
Roding 2020A
De Liefde-van Brakel 2016
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

A. Bredius, 'De tapijtfabriek van Karel van Mander de jonge te Delft. 1616-1623', Oud-Holland 3 (1885), p. 1-22
O. Andrup, 'Noter verdrørende Karel van Manders biografi', Kunstmuseets Aarskrift 19 (1932), p. 104-140
A.M.L.E. Mulder-Erkelens, 'Een Hollands Scipio-tapijt 'De overgave van Carthago' anno 1609', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 31 (1980), p. 36-49
H. Cuvelier, 'Karel van Manders Buffonsche ghecken in Eensame historien: zinaanduidende tekens in voorstellingen met afwisselende elementen en een vrije ruimte met een beperkt aantal figuren', in: A. Balis e.a., Florissant. Bijdragen tot de kunstegschiedenis der Nederlanden (15de-17de eeuw). Liber Amicorum Carl van de Velde, Brussels 2005, p. 253-270
E. Hartkamp-Jonxis, 'Scandinavische connectie. Nederlandse wandtapijten en andere tapisserieweefsels in relatie tot hun Deense en Zweedse afnemers, 1615 tot 1660', Textielhistoriche Bijdragen 46 (2006) , p. 45-72
M. Leesberg, 'Het Laatste avondmaal, het eerst bekende schilderstuk van Karel van Mander de Jonge', Oud Holland 122 (2009), p. 1-13
E. Janssen, 'The Burning of Persepolis. A Tapestry from a Set of The Story of Alexander the Great', The Rijksmuseum Bulletin 60 (2012), p. 82-99
M. Skougaard, 'Karel van Mander II's Tapestries at Frederiksborg', in: Roding 2020A, p. 39-73

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Creation date: 1992-01-17; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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