Heemskerck - Good Samaritan

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HARMEN JANSZ. MULLER (1540-1617

 Worked as an engraver, first for Antwerp publishers like Gerard de Jode and Hieronymus Cock and from designs by a variety of artists. Until the co-operation with his son Jan, Harmen published a number of prints by himself and others. During the 1590s his son Jan Harmensz. Muller became a formidable rival to his teacher Hendrick Goltzius.

He became the engraver of choice for the most famous artists employed by Emperor Rudolf II at the court in Prague - Hans von Aachen, Bartholomeus Spranger and Adriaen de Vries.

MAARTEN VAN HEEMSKERCK ( 1498 - 1574)

Painter and print designer; worked in Haarlem and Italy. Born in Heemskerck; son of a farmer. Trained in Haarlem under Jan van Scorel; in Italy 1532-6/7; later career in Haarlem, where one of the richest citizens. Prolific designer of compositions for prints, almost all made by others. Artists who engraved after his designs include Dirk Coornhert (c.1547-59), Philips Galle (from 1559), Cornelis Bos, Theodoor de Bry

Maerten van Heemskerck was born in Heemskerck, from where he took his name. According to his biographer Van Mander, the artist trained in Haarlem with Cornelis Willemsz. and continued his studies with Jan Lucasz. in Delft. Following the return of Jan van Scorel from Italy, Heemskerck is documented in that artist’s studio between 1527 and 1530. Van Scorel’s influence was extremely notable at this period.

Heemskerck belonged to the second generation of Dutch artists who travelled to Italy and he is documented in Rome in 1532. During his time there he studied the frescoes of Raphael and Michelangelo and produced numerous drawings of sculptures, views of cities and classical ruins. Michelangelo’s work impressed him profoundly and his influence is evident in the paintings that Heemskerck executed in Holland after his return. On his way back to Haarlem he probably visited Mantua, where he studied the work of Giulio Romano in the Palazzo del Tè.

In early 1537 Heemskerck was in Haarlem, working as an artist and occupying various positions in the guild of Saint Luke, of which he was dean in 1553 and 1554. He was married again, this time to a wealthy woman whose fortune brought him economic security and an elevated social position. Apart from a brief stay in Amsterdam, where he took refuge during the Spanish siege of Haarlem, Heemskerck spent the rest of his life there.

A fine portraitist, he also produced history paintings. Many of Heemskerck’s paintings were reproduced in prints and widely disseminated.

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