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1567 Delft, Holland - 1641 Delft, Holland. Known for: Portrait and mythology scene painting, engraving.
Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, Mierveld or Mireveldt (Delft, 1567 - Delft 27 June 1641) was a Dutch Golden Age* painter. He was the son of a goldsmith, who apprenticed him to the copperplate engraver*... Read full biography
Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, Mierveld or Mireveldt (Delft, 1567 - Delft 27 June 1641) was a Dutch Golden Age* painter. He was the son of a goldsmith, who apprenticed him to the copperplate engraver* Hieronymus Wierix. He subsequently became a pupil of Willem Willemz and Augusteyn of Delft, until... Read full biography
Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, Mierveld or Mireveldt (Delft, 1567 - Delft 27 June 1641) was a Dutch Golden Age* painter. He was the son of a goldsmith, who apprenticed him to the copperplate engraver* Hieronymus Wierix. He subsequently became a pupil of Willem Willemz and Augusteyn of Delft, until Anthonie van Montfoort (Houbraken calls him Antony Blokland, who had seen and admired two of Mierevelt's early engravings, Christ and the Samaritan and Judith and Holofernes, invited him to enter his... Read full biography
Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, Mierveld or Mireveldt (Delft, 1567 - Delft 27 June 1641) was a Dutch Golden Age* painter. He was the son of a goldsmith, who apprenticed him to the copperplate engraver* Hieronymus Wierix. He subsequently became a pupil of Willem Willemz and Augusteyn of Delft, until Anthonie van Montfoort (Houbraken calls him Antony Blokland, who had seen and admired two of Mierevelt's early engravings, Christ and the Samaritan and Judith and Holofernes, invited him to enter his school at Utrecht. He registered as a member of the Guild of St. Luke in The Hague in 1625. Devoting himself first to still life, he eventually took up portraiture, in which he achieved such success that the many commissions entrusted to him... Read full biography
Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, Mierveld or Mireveldt (Delft, 1567 - Delft 27 June 1641) was a Dutch Golden Age* painter. He was the son of a goldsmith, who apprenticed him to the copperplate engraver* Hieronymus Wierix. He subsequently became a pupil of Willem Willemz and Augusteyn of Delft, until Anthonie van Montfoort (Houbraken calls him Antony Blokland, who had seen and admired two of Mierevelt's early engravings, Christ and the Samaritan and Judith and Holofernes, invited him to enter his school at Utrecht. He registered as a member of the Guild of St. Luke in The Hague in 1625. Devoting himself first to still life, he eventually took up portraiture, in which he achieved such success that the many commissions entrusted to him necessitated the employment of numerous assistants, by whom hundreds of portraits were turned out in factory fashion.&nb... Read full biography
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Michiel Jansz Mierevelt, Michiel Jansz van Mierveld
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Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, Mierveld or Mireveldt (Delft, 1567 - Delft 27 June 1641) was a Dutch Golden Age* painter.
He was the son of a goldsmith, who apprenticed him to the copperplate engraver* Hieronymus Wierix. He subsequently became a pupil of Willem Willemz and Augusteyn of Delft, until Anthonie van Montfoort (Houbraken calls him Antony Blokland, who had seen and admired two of Mierevelt's early engravings, Christ and the Samaritan and Judith and Holofernes, invited him to enter his school at Utrecht.
He registered as a member of the Guild of St. Luke in The Hague in 1625. Devoting himself first to still life, he eventually took up portraiture, in which he achieved such success that the many...But wait, there's more...
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