Discover painter, draftsperson, print artist Jacob Marrel

Name variations

This field records and makes accessible name variations, as found in sources. Alternate spellings, nicknames, maiden names - with or without the married name - are included in this category.

: Marelus, Jacob
Marrell, Jacob
Marrellus, Jacob
Marrelus, Jacob
Marzell, Jacob
Marzell, Jakob
Marsell, Jakob
Morel, Jacob
Moreel, Jacob
Morrel, Jacob
Morsel, Jacob
Murel, Jacob

Monogram: JCSMARL
JM
JMR
IM
JAMOREL
JMOB
RR

The J is formed by the left side of the M, the O is smaller and positioned in the M. To the right there are possibly more letters.

Qualifications: painter, draftsperson, print artist, art dealer (person), merchant, author
probably also active as a merchant in tulip bulbs; in 1661 Marrel published a small textbook (27 p.): 'Artliches und Kunstreiches Reißbuchlein für die ankommde Jugend zu lehren Insbesonderheit für Mahler, Goldschmidt, und Bildhauern' Zusammen gedragen und Verlegt Durch Jacob Marrel Burger und Mahler in Franckfurt Ao 1661 (copy in the Hessisches Landesbibliothek in Darmstadt, online).

Nationality/school: German, North Netherlandish

Born: Frankenthal 1613/1614
1613-1614: on 21 April 1645 he declared to be 31 years old (GA Utrecht Momboirkamer 11 1385)

Deceased: Frankfurt am Main 1681-11-11

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Jacob Marrell and Sara Plinius, brother of Johannes Lucas Marrel, who lived in Frankfurt. Married 1) in Utrecht on 21 November 1641 to Catharina Elyot (died 1649): she was a daughter of the goldsmith Francois Elyot; marrried 2) in Frankfurt am Main on 27 July 1651 to Johanna Sibylla Heim, the widow of the engraver Mattaus Merian I; stepfather of Maria Sybille Merian

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264 hits in RKDimages as artist
6 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
98 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist
2 hits in RKDtechnical as artist

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Frankfurt am Main 1624 - 1632
apprentice of Georg Flegel
Utrecht (stad) 1632-12 - 1650-06
apprentice of J.D. de Heem; married in 1641, while in Utrecht: he lived the Bergstraet (marriage contract, Briels 1997)
Frankfurt am Main 1650 - 1665
In 1651 he married Johanna Sybilla Merian. He became teacher to his step-daughter Maria Sybilla and her future husband Johann Andreas Graff.
Neurenberg 1665
visited Neurenberg for the wedding of his stepdaughter
Utrecht (stad) 1669
returned to Utrecht on several occasions between 1659 and 1669, probably as a merchant of tulip bulbs
Frankfurt am Main 1669 - 1681

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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.: Flegel, Georg
Heem, Jan Davidsz. de
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.: Graff, Johann Andreas
Merian, Maria Sibylla
Mignon, Abraham
Werdmüller, Rudolf
Follower of: Marseus van Schrieck, Otto
Influenced by In contrast with ‘follower of’, we speak of ‘influenced by’ when an artist was influenced outside the context of an educational setting or servile following. An artist can be influenced by several artists at once, or in succession. In addition, there may be question of a transition to a personal style which may demonstrate development.: Heem, Jan Davidsz. de
Savery, Roelant
Bosschaert, Ambrosius (II)
Tilman, Simon Peter
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Monogrammist JF
Claesz., Anthony (II)

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.: still life, flower piece, forest still life, game piece (still life), vanitas (still life), fruit piece

Medium/technique: oil paint

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 6 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 3 (1721), p. 82-83, 221 (as: Jakob Murel)
Gwinner 1862 , p. 178-180; Zusätze (1867), p. 44
Von Wurzbach 1906-1911 , vol. 2 )1910', p. 107
Bredius 1915-1921 , vol. 4 (1915), p. 112-119
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 24 (1930), p. 137 (as: Marrel (Marrell, Marzell, Morsel, Morrel), Jacob)
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 263, and note 3, 270, 272, 322,359
Hollstein et al. 1949-2010 , vol. 11 [1954], p. 171 (as: Jacob Marrel)
Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 191 (as: Marrel, Marrell, Marzell, Morrel or Morsel, Jacob)
Briels 1997 , p. 357
Van der Willigen/Meijer 2003 , p. 138-139 (as: Jacob Marrel)
Biesboer/Köhler et al. 2006
Kraemer-Noble 2007 , p. 16-17 and passim
Saur 1992- , vol. 87 (2015), p. 293
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

A.C. de Kruyff, 'Iets over den schilder Jacob Marrell', Oud-Holland 10 (1892), p. 57-60
G. Bott, 'Stilleben des 17. Jahrhunderts Jacob Marrell', Kunst in Hessen und am Mittelrhein 6 (1966), p. 85-117
L.J.Bol, ‘Goede onbekenden + [...] VIII Ambrosius Bosschaert de Jonge, Abraham Bosschaert en Jacob Marrell’, Tableau 3 (1981), no. 5, p. 642-648
I. Bergström, 'Jacob Marrel's earliest tulip book-Hitherto unknown', Tableau 7 (1984), no. 2, p. 32-49

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Project: Gerson Digital : Germany

Comment: Remark about name: A. Bollongier is fictief -> schilderij in Hamburger Kunsthalle, cat. 1956, nr.506, als A. Bollongier, later als A. Bosschaert II, maar is J. Marrel

External links: this artist in Ecartico
Marrel 1661

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Creation date: 1992-01-18; Last modified date: 2023-03-27

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