Discover painter, draftsperson, court painter Eglon van der Neer

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: Neer, Eglon Hendrik van der
Neer, Egelon van der

Qualifications: painter, draftsperson, court painter

Nationality/school: North Netherlandish, South Netherlandish

Born: Amsterdam (city) 1635/1636
1635 or 1636 (Hofstede de Groot 1893A); according to Thieme/Becker 1931 and Saur 2016 born in 1634

Deceased: Düsseldorf 1703-05-03

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Aert van der Neer and Liesbeth Govers (1608-1662) married 1) Maria Wagensvelt (died 1677) in Rotterdam in 1659; 2) the portrait miniature painter Marie Duchatel (1652-1692) in Brussels in 1681; 3) the painter Adriana Spilberg on 24 December 1697 in Düsseldorf; father of the painters Aernout and Abraham van der Neer and sculptor Johannes (Franciscus)

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143 hits in RKDimages as artist
3 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
1916 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist
8 hits in RKDtechnical as artist

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Orange (Frankrijk) 1654 - 1659
in the service of count Dona, govenor of the county Orange
Amsterdam (stad) 1659 - 1663
On 15 February 1660, a son (Dirck) was baptized ('publiek gedoopt') (City Archive Amsterdam).
Rotterdam (stad) 1664 - 1670
Den Haag (stad) 1670 - 1671
Joined the Confrerie Pictura in an unknown year, but mentioned as a member c. 1670 (Buijsen/Dumas et al. 1998)
Brussel 1677
probably met his future wife in Brussels in 1677 (Schavemaker 2010)
Amsterdam (stad) 1677-11-12 - 1678-12-13
was in 1677 in Amsterdfam on the occasion of his father's death; in 1678 he was a witness to the betrothal of Willem van Aelst.
Brussel 1679 - 1689
appointed as count painter of Charles II of Spain in 1687; married the portrait miniaturist painter Marie Duchatel in Brussels in 1681; in Brussels until 1689 according to Von Wurzbach. Houbraken mentions that he lived in the Cellebroerstraat.
Amsterdam (stad) 1689 - 1695
De Vries/De Roever 1885, p. 234; in 1695 Johann Wilhelm bought a painting from him for 200 Thaler (Gerson 1942/1983, p. 247).
Düsseldorf 1697 - 1703
Court painter to Elector Palatine Johann Wilhelm. Married his 3rd wife. He painted two paintings for the elector in 1696, which he delivered in Düsseldorf in 1697; he was appointed Titularhofrat in a lettre de cachet from 22 March 1697 and became court painter in 1698 (Schavemaker 2010, p. 41-42).

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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.: Loo, Jacob van
Neer, Aert van der
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.: Werff, Adriaen van der
Follower of: Borch, Gerard ter (II)
Elsheimer, Adam
Mieris, Frans van (I)

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), italianate, landscape (genre), portrait

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

Member of

Confrerie Pictura
1670

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 3 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 1 (1718), p. 270, vol. 3 (1721), p. 46, 172-175, 353, 389. 392
Hofstede de Groot 1893 (Quellenstudien) , p. 150-151
Hofstede de Groot 1907-1928 (German edition) , vol. 5 (1912), 505-562
Hofstede de Groot 1907-1927 (English edition) , vol. 5 (1913), p. 475-525
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 25 (1931), p. 375
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 22, 56, 100, 181, 183, 246, 247, 296, 341, 529
Hollstein et al. 1949-2010 , vol. 14 [1956], p. 142
Witt Checklist 1978
Sutton 1984 , p. 72
Hecht 1989 , p. 129-154
Schadee 1994 , p. 290
Buijsen/Dumas et al. 1998 , p. 332
Morsbach 2008 , p. 235-240
Groenendijk 2008 , p. 574 (as: Neer, Eglon Hendrick van der)
Saur 1992- , vol. 92 (2016), p. 106 (text: Gero Seelig)
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

G. Upmark, ‘Ein Besuch in Holland 1687 aus den Reiseschilderungen des schwedischen Architekten Nicodemus Tessin d.J.’, Oud Holland 18 (1900), p. 117-128; 144-152 and 199-210, esp. p. 208
Th. Levin, ‘Beiträge zur Geschichte des Kunstbestrebungen in dem Hause Pfalz-Neuburg. II’, Beiträge zur Geschichte des Niederrheins 20 (1906), p. 123-249, esp. p. 241-244
A.D. de Vries Azn., 'Biografische aanteekeningen betreffende voornamelijk Amsterdamsche schilders, plaatsnijders, enz. en hunne verwanten' (III), Oud-Holland 3 (1885), p. 223-240; p. 234
Y. Prins, 'Een familie van kunstenaars en belastingpachters. De kunstschilders Aert en Eglon van der Neer en hun verwanten', Jaarboek Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie 54 (2000), p. 189-253
E. Schavemaker, 'Copy and paste in the work of Eglon van der Neer. Some thoughts on eclecticism', in: E. Mai (ed.), Holland nach Rembrandt. Zur niederländischen Kunst zwischen 1670 und 1750, Keulen 2006, p. 247-262
D.P. Weller, 'Eglon van der Neer's "Portrait of Aernout van Overbeke": the frame makes the man', The Burlington Magazine 1271/151 (2009), p. 98-101
Q. Buvelot, review of Schavemaker 2010, The Burlington Magazine 155 (2013), p. 106
E. Schavemaker, 'Nader tot Eglon van der Neer. Een liefdesbrief en een tekening', in: "Gij zult niet feestbundelen" 34 Bijdragen voor Peter Hecht, Amsterdam 2016, p. 169-176

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Archive location: archief Le Roy
Project: Gerson Digital : France
Gerson Digital : Germany
Gerson Digital : Spain

External links: this artist in Ecartico
Levin 1906

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

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