Discover painter, court painter, draftsperson Carel de Moor (II)

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: Moor, Karel de

Qualifications: painter, court painter, draftsperson, print artist, decorative painter (of interiors), miniaturist painter, mezzotinter
elevated to nobility by Emperor Karl VI in 1714 (Langedijk 1992)

Nationality/school: North Netherlandish

Born: Leiden (city) 1655-02/1655-02-25
baptized on 25 February 1655; Houbraken mentions erronously 1656, this should be 25 February 1655 (Sluijter 1988, p. 182-185).

Deceased: Warmond 1738-02-16
died probably in Leiden (Sluijter 1988, p. 182-185)

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of framemaker and art dealer Carel de Moor I from Antwerp (ca. 1627-c. 1689) and Magdalena de Ridder. Married 1) in Hoogmade on 18 April 1688 to Hillegonda Woel (died 1716) and 2) in 1717 to Johanna Louisa van Molenschot (died 1720); father of Carel Isaak de Moor (1695-1751)

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

De Moor provided Houbraken with information on artists.

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119 hits in RKDimages as artist
2 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
840 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist
2 hits in RKDtechnical as artist

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Biographical information

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Leiden (stad)
Amsterdam (stad) 1672
pupil of Abraham van den Tempel until the latter's death
Leiden (stad) 1672 - 1738
in 1683 in the guild; was many times dean and head between 1688 and 1711 (Sluijter 1988, p. 182-185). Painted the portrait here of prince Eugene of Savoye (who was dissatisfied with the result) (Braubach 1965, Remantle 1975)
Dordrecht (stad)
short stay in Dordrecht with Godefridus Schalcken

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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.: Dou, Gerard
Mieris, Frans van (I)
Schalcken, Godefridus
Tempel, Abraham van den
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.: Cramer, Petrus
Lyonet, Pieter
Matveev, Andrej Matveevič
Moor, Carel Isaak de
Pijl, Arent
Rentinck, Arnout
Six, Nicolaas (II)
Verheyden, Mattheus

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, portrait, vanitas (still life)

Medium/technique: oil paint

Art movement Here we mention the art movement to which an artist belonged. Many art movements have not yet been entered, because the content of this field is still under development.: fine art painting

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Sint-Lucasgilde (Leiden)

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 2 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 1 (1718), p. 213, 270, 318vol. 2 (1719), p. 110; vol. 3 (1721), p. 25, 342-348 (as: Karel de Moor)
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 25 (1931), p. 104 (as: Moor, Carel de (1656))
Waller 1938/1974 , p. 229 (as: Moor, Carel de)
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 22, 181, 284, 518, 520
Hollstein et al. 1949-2010 , vol. 14 [1956], p. 75-86 (as: Carel de Moor)
Fremantle 1975 (Fremantle relates the annecdote concerning the portrait of prince Eugene of Savoy)
Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 218 (as: Moor, Carel de)
Sluijter et al. 1988 , p. 182-185
Turner et al. 1996 , vol. 22, p. 50 (as: Moor, Karel de)
Briels 1997 , p. 361
Saur 1999-2000 , vol. 7, p. 120 (as: Moor, Carel de (1656))
Horn 2000 , p. 87, 118, 120, 155, 163, 192, 193, 359, 379, 504, 505, 530, 657
Van der Willigen/Meijer 2003 , p. 145 (as: Carel (II) de Moor)
Aono 2015 , passim
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

P.J. Blok, '"Ars Aemula Naturae"', Leidsch jaarboekje 1913, p. 1-37
M. Braubach, Prinz Eugen von Savoyen. Eine Biographie (5 vols.), Munich 1963-1965, esp. vol. 5, p. 78, 86-87, 386, note 243

PhD research by Pamela Fowler, Wilmington (North Carolina) (2015-03)

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Archive location: archief Le Roy
Project: Inventory Decorative Interior Paintings in the Netherlands (1600-1940)
Gerson Digital : Russia

External links: this artist in Ecartico

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Creation date: 1992-02-01; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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