Johannes moreelse democritus biography

Johannes Paulus Moreelse

Paintings

Democritus

Heraclitus with a Globe

Vanity

After Johannes Moreelse

Johannes Paulus Moreelse, or Johan Pauwelszon Moreelse (c.

1603 – October 1634), was a Dutch baroque painter belonging to the school of Utrecht Caravaggism during the Dutch Golden Age.

Moreelse was born in Utrecht, Holland. His father, Paulus Moreelse, was at that time a famous portrait painter.[1][2] Little is known about his life.

Johan Moreelse studied in Utrecht, in the studio of his father, and then in Rome (1627), where he was appointed into a papal knight order.[1] Moreelse died in his home town during a plague epidemic.

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His small number of known works were only assigned to him in the 1970s.[2]

References

Fremantle, Katharine (October 1974). "The Identity of Johan Moreelse, Painter". The Burlington Magazine 116 (859): 618–620.

Retrieved 28 September 2014.

Nicolson, Benedict (October 1974). "A