Cornelis Cornelisz Van Haarlem
Leading Dutch Mannerist and portrait forerunner
Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem, Dutch Golden Age painter and draughtsman, was one of the leading Northern Mannerist artists in the Netherlands, and an important forerunner of Frans Hals as a portraitist. Born in Haarlem, Cornelis Corneliszoon was a pupil of Pieter Pietersz in Haarlem, and later Gillis Coignet in Antwerp. He is known among art historians as a member of the Haarlem Mannerists, who were highly influenced by the work of Bartholomeus Spranger, whose drawings were brought to Haarlem by Carel van Mander in 1585, and had a strong immediate effect. He painted mainly portraits as well as mythological and Biblical subjects. Initially Cornelis Cornelisz painted large-size, highly stylized works with Italianate nudes in twisted poses with a grotesque, unnatural anatomy. Later, his style changed to one based on the Netherlandish realist tradition.
Relationship Network
Master student
- Pieter Pietersz Master
- Cornelis Engelsz. Student
- Cornelis Jacobsz Drebbel Student
- Gerrit Pietersz Student
- Salomon de Bray Student
Fellow student
Influenced
Parent child
- Cornelis Pietersz. Bega Child
Artworks by this artist (45 total)
- Untitled 1588
- A Fool With Two Women 1595
- Taufe Christi 1623
- A Courting Couple and Woman with a Songbook ca. 1594
- Diana as Goddess of the Hunt 1607
- The Fall of the Titans 1588 - 1590
- The Mirror of Time 1628
- Venus and Cupid in a landscape 1622
- Juno Appearing to Sea Gods late 16th-early 17th century
- Paris And Oenone 1616
- An Allegory of Vanitas
- The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis C. 1592 - 1593
- An allegorical scene featuring the Three Graces Aglaia
- The Lamentation 1600
- Venus 1620
- The Resurrection of Christ 1632
- Taufe Christi; Die Heilige Familie mit der Heiligen Elisabeth und dem Johannesknaben im Walde ca 1589
- Pieter Jansz Kies (c 1536-97). Burgomaster of Haarlem 1596
- Two Male Nudes 1590
- Feast of the prodigal son (Luke 15-11-13) 1615