Discover sculptor, draftsperson, painter Artus Quellinus (I)

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: Quellien, Arnoldus (I)
Quellien, Artus (I)
Quellinus, Arnoldus (I)
Quellyn, Arnoldus (I)
Quellyn, Artus (I)

Qualifications: sculptor, draftsperson, painter, publisher of prints, printer (person)
In Duverger 1991, p. 307 he is recorded as 'beltsnyder en constschilder' (sculptor and art painter)

Nationality/school: South Netherlandish

Born: Antwerp (city) 1609-08-20/1609-08-30
baptized on 30 August 1609 (Visschers 1851, p. 107-108; Rombouts/Van Lerius 1872, vol. 2, p. 114)

Deceased: Antwerp (city) 1668-08-23/1668-08-24
Visschers 1851, p. 10; he was buried, together with his wife, in the Church of the Minderbroeders in Antwerp (Rombouts/Van Lerius 1872, vol. 2, p. 114). According to J.E. Quellinus (Levin 1888) he died on 24 August 1668

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Erasmus Quellinus I and Elisabeth van Uden, brother of Erasmus II and Hubertus, cousin of Artus II (De Bruyn 1988, p. 284); married 1 August 1640 Margriet Verdussen (daughter of Jan Verdussen and Barbara Van Sauwen; she died 12 February 1668; Visschers 1851, p. 107)

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9 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
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Antwerpen (stad)
Rome 1635 - 1639
recorded in Rome in 1636-1637 in the house of French printmaker Claude Pionier, living with French architect François du Jardin, a man called Jean Baptist Boileau (also French ?) and Antwerp painter Joris Sibilla (the Status Animarum states mistakenly that they were all Flemish painters)
Lyon 1639
was here together with Laurens Frank, he also had contact with Nicolaas van Helt Stockade and Jan Asselijn (Houbraken 1721; Gerson 1942/1983, p. 51)
Antwerpen (stad) 1639 - 1644
‘wijnmeester’ (son of a master) in the Guild of St. Luke, Antwerp between 18 September 1640 and 18 September 1641 (Rombouts/Van Lerius 1872/1961)
Amsterdam (stad) 1646 - 1647
Zweden
there is no proof for a visit to Sweden, but in the late autumn a series of terracotta figures representing Apollo and the nine Muses, was sent with the ship 'Norcoping' to Sweden. These were ordered by Michel Le Blon and made in Amsterdam. In 1697 they were lost in the fire of Stockholm Castle (Roosval 1952-1967)
Amsterdam (stad) 1650 - 1665
worked during this period mostly on the decoration of the Amsterdam Townhall
Antwerpen (stad) 1658 - 1668
c. 1658-1668

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Connections with other artists

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.: Daep, Huibrecht
Deurweerders, Martinus
Gibbons, Grinling
Grupello, Gabriël
Quellinus, Artus (II)
Sitte, Artus
Verbruggen, Pieter (I)
Willemsens, Lodewijk

Jackes Janssen (1641-42); Hendricus Quellinus (1643-44); Hubertus Daep 1651-52); Aurelius Gompaert (1651-52); Gabriel Grupello (1658-69); Jan Bouttil (1660-61); Lodewyk Willemsen (1661-62); Jasper van Steen (1664-65); Lambertus Lowies (1666-67); Dirick Willekens van Werelt (1667-68);
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Bossuit, Francis van
Baselaque, Georg
Millich, Nicolas

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.: allegory, Christian religious scene, figure, history (genre), mythology, nude figure, portrait

Medium/technique: oil paint

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 9 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 1 (1718), p. 294, vol. 2 (1719), p. 350, vol. 3 (1721), p. 65 (as: Artus Quellinus, calling him the nephew of Erasmus II instead of his son; as Aroldus Quellinus (1721))
Rombouts/Van Lerius 1872/1961 , vol. 2, 114*, 121, 133, 150, 154, 161, 170, 218, 229, 297, 318, 325, 358, 362*, 373, 380, 381, 382
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 27 (1933), p. 505-506
Noack 1927 , vol. 2, p. 465
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 51
Hoogewerff 1942 , p. 102, 104
Neurdenburg 1948 , p. 172 ff.
Roosval 1952-1967 , p. 445
Leeuwenberg 1973 , p. 206-231
Hollstein et al. 1949-2010 , vol. 17 [1976], p. 277-278
Witt Checklist 1978
Duverger 1984-2004 , vol. 5 (1991), p. 307 no 1402; vol. 8 (1995), p. 72 no. 2293; vol. 9 (1997), p. 148 no. 2759; vol. 10 (1999), esp. p. 352-355 no. 3333 (no. 2293, his testament dated 28 July 1658; no. 275, his probate inventory; no. 3333 dated 7 November 1678 and 22, 24 and 27 March 1679, probate inventory Erasmus Quellinus)
Turner et al. 1996 , vol. 25, p. 811-812
Jacobs 2011 , p. 134-139
Van Eck 2017 , p. 85-102 (Stijn Bussels, 'Medusa's terror in the Amsterdam Town Hall. How to look at sculptures in the Dutch Golden Age')
Cohen Tervaert/Hilligers/Sluijter et al. 2014 , passim
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

P. Visschers, Verzameling van grafschriften in St. Andries kerck, te Antwerpen, Antwerp 1851, p. 7-10
Th. Levin, 'Handschriftliche Bemerkungen von Erasmus Quellinus', Zeitschrift für Bildende Kunst 23 (1888), p. 174
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. 127
H. Schmidt, 'Das Portal der Herzoglichen Gruft im Dom zu Schleswig, ein Werk des Artus Quellinus', Oud-Holland 32 (1914), p. 225-232
F. Beckett, 'Brændtlersfigurer af den ælre Quellinus', Kunstmuseets Aarsskrift 4 (1917), p. 29-34
F. Prims, 'Het altaar van de Schermers door Artus Quellin en H. Van den Eynde (1640-1660)', Antwerpiesia, 1939 p. 389
K.E. Steneberg, 'Le Blon, Quellinus, Millich och "den Svenska Hovparnassen" ', Svenska Skulpturidéer i Tidskrift fór konstwetenskap 28 (1952), p. 55-105
K. Fremantle, 'The Open Vierschaar of Amsterdam's Seventeenth-century Town Hall as a Setting for the City's Justice', Oud Holland 77 (1962), p. 206-234
K.E. Steneberg, 'Le Blon, Quellinus, Millich and the Swedish Court Parnassus', in M. von Platen (ed.), Queen Christina of Sweden. Documents and Studies, Stockholm 1966, p. 332-364
M. Leithe-Jasper: Eine Bronzestatuette aus dem Umkreis des älteren Artus Quellinus', Wiener Jahrbuch für Kunstgeschichte 25 (1972), p. 218-221
S.A.C. Dudok van Heel, 'Quellinus adverteert', Maandblad Amstelodamum 64 (1977), p. 84
W. Halsema-Kubes, ‘Die von Artus Quellinus und Bartholomäus Eggers für Johann Moritz geschaffenen Skulpturen’, in: G. de Werd (ed.), So weit der Erdkreis reicht. Johann Moritz von Nassau-Siegen. (1604-1679), Cleves 1979, p. 213-232
G. van Hemeldonck, 'Antecedenten van Artus Quellien de Oude, de Amsterdamse ', Sint-Paulus-Info no. 27 (1985/86), p. 276
Chr. Theuerkauff, 'Enkele kanttekeningen bij Artus Quellinus en de 'antiche Academien'', Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum 50 (2002), p. 208-219
F. Scholten, 'Quellinus's burgomasters: a portrait gallery of Amsterdam republicanism', Simiolus 32 (2006), p. 87-125
F. Scholten, 'Gezichten van de Republiek: Gebeeldhouwde regentenportretten in Amsterdam en Venetië', Leids Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 14 (2007), p. 116-129
G. van Hemeldonck, Kunst en kunstenaars (typescript 2007), Felix Archive, Antwerp , no. B-1230
A. Jacobs, 'Drawings by Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-century Flemish sculptors in public collections', Master Drawings 51 (2013), p. 360-378
B. van den Berg, 'De bouw van de monumentale Van Beveringhkapel in Gouda', Bulletin KNOB 113 (2014), p. 1-17
F. Scholten, The Rijksmuseum Bulletin 62 (2014), p. 302-307 (acquisitions)
K. Fremantle, 'The theme of wise counsel in Amsterdam's former town hall', The Burlington Magazine 147 (2015), no. 1343, p. 89-91
J. van Gastel, 'A "Fiammingo" in Rome: Artus Quellinus and the origins of the northern baroque bust', The Rijksmuseum Bulletin 64 (2016) 2, p. 120-139
F. Scholten, 'In de schaduw van Artus Quellinus. Opnieuw Gerrit Lambertsen van Cuilenborch', Bulletin KNOB 116 (2017) 1, p. 35-42

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Creation date: 1992-01-24; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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