The 24 Artworks of Paulus Moreelse

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Paulus Moreelse - Officers and Other Civic Guardsmen of the IIIrd District of Amsterdam, under the Command of Captain Jacob Gerritsz Hoyngh and Lieutenant Nanningh Florisz Cloeck, Paulus Moreelse, 1616Officers and Other Civic Guardsmen of the IIIrd District of Amsterdam, under the Command of Captain Jacob Gerritsz Hoyngh and Lieutenant Nanningh Florisz Cloeck, Paulus Moreelse, 1616Paulus Moreelse

The present painting is the only civic guard piece by an Utrecht master to have survived, and Moreelse, together with Frans Hals, were the only artists not resident in Amsterdam to receive commissions from that city’s guard companies.5 Moreelse’s portrait shows 14 civic guardsmen from District III, ...

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Paulus Moreelse - A Shepherdess, Paulus Moreelse, 1630A Shepherdess, Paulus Moreelse, 1630Paulus Moreelse

Apart from his substantial portrait oeuvre, Moreelse is most closely associated with the genre of the single-figure shepherdess. The earliest known painting of this type in the northern Netherlands is dated 1617 (fig. a) and was executed by Moreelse, who was most likely also the first Utrecht artist...

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Paulus Moreelse - Self-Portrait, Paulus Moreelse, c. 1623Self-Portrait, Paulus Moreelse, c. 1623Paulus Moreelse

There are three extant painted self-portraits by Moreelse, none of which is dated.4 Both De Jonge and Domela Nieuwenhuis consider the earliest to be the Self-Portrait in Hannover (fig. a), in which Moreelse wears a hat and holds a round disk, most likely a mirror.5 By comparison with the Hannover Se...

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Paulus Moreelse - Portrait of Anthonis van Utenhove (--1625), Lord of Rijnesteyn, Paulus Moreelse (workshop of), 1619Portrait of Anthonis van Utenhove (?-1625), Lord of Rijnesteyn, Paulus Moreelse (workshop of), 1619Paulus Moreelse

The Leeuwarden Series: Commanders-in-Chief of the Forces of the States-General Anthonis van Utenhove was a scion of an old aristocratic family from Ghent. In 1595 he was appointed captain of an infantry division in the army of the States-General. He distinguished himself during the defence of Ostend...

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Paulus Moreelse - Esau selling his Birthright, Paulus Moreelse (copy after), after 1609Esau selling his Birthright, Paulus Moreelse (copy after), after 1609Paulus Moreelse

The scene in the foreground shows Esau selling his birthright to his brother Jacob for a bowl of pottage. In the background, Isaac blesses Jacob (Genesis 27:1-29). Received by the museum as a Paulus Moreelse in 1942, the painting was considered a copy after a print (RP-P-OB-5354, see fig. a) by Will...


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