Karel van Mander the Elder

1548 — 1606

Flemish painter, poet and art historian (1548–1606)

Karel van Mander (I) or Carel van Mander I (May 1548 – 2 September 1606) was a Flemish painter, playwright, poet, art historian and art theoretician, who established himself in the Dutch Republic in the latter part of his life. He is mainly remembered as a biographer of Early Netherlandish painters and Northern Renaissance artists in his Schilder-boeck. As an artist and art theoretician he played a significant role in the spread and development of Northern Mannerism in the Dutch Republic.

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Karel van Mander the Elder

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Saint John the Baptist Preaching to the Multitude

Sala di Fetonte

The Flood

The Judas Kiss

The martyrdom of Saint Catherine

Crucifixion

Portrait of a man

Adoration of the Magi

The annunciation

Whale jawbone memorial, 1596

The Adoration of the Shepherds

The preaching and baptism by Paul (Acts 16:13-15)

Christ as a twelve year old in the temple

The adoration of the shepherds

The Adoration of the Shepherds

The body of the prophet of Judah lies intact on the road with the donkey and the lion beside it (1 Kings 23:28

The Crucifixion in a wintery landscape

Before the Flood

Rural Feast (Kermess)

The Continence of Scipio

The Massacre of the Innocents

The Dance around the Golden Calf

The crossing of the River Jordan

The Confusion of Tongues

Triumph of Amor

Wooded landscape with saint and angel

The adoration of the magi (Matt. 2:1-12)

Peasants Merrymaking

Landscape with shepherds

Emblematic Representation

The raising of Eutychus by St. Paul in Troas

The reconciliation of Jacob and Esau (Genesis 33:3-4)

The Holy Family with an angel playing the lute