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Maarten van Heemskerck

Also known as: Maarten van Heemskerck; primary name: Heemskerck, Maarten van; other name: Heemskerk, Martin; other name: Veen, Maarten van
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; Dutch; Male
Life dates: 1498-1574
Biography: 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 (q.v.).
Bibliography: Prints = New Hollstein (1993). This replaces the first catalogue by Thomas Kerrich in 1829. Many drawings are preserved in Copenhagen (see J. Garff, 'Tegninger af Maerten van Heemskerck', Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen 1971).

540 related objects

bowl

Museum number: 1993,0709.1 |
Producer name: After:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1620-1640 |
Production place: Made in:Netherlands |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Westermarkt

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1969,0920.35 |
Producer name: BIOG31064 Drawn by:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1567

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1853,0813.49 |
Producer name: BIOG31064 Drawn by:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1561

drawing

Museum number: 1854,0513.6 |
Producer name: After:ParmigianinoFormerly attributed to:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1518-1540

drawing

Museum number: SL,5214.251 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 16thC(late)

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0901.8 |
Producer name: BIOG31064 Drawn by:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1513-1574

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0901.9 |
Producer name: BIOG31064 After:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1513-1574

drawing

Museum number: 1861,0810.46 |
Producer name: After:Maarten van HeemskerckFormerly attributed to:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1513-1574

drawing

Museum number: 1949,0411.93 |
Producer name: BIOG31064 Attributed to:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1538

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0629.18 |
Producer name: BIOG31064 Circle/School of:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1513-1574

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0629.8 |
Producer name: BIOG31064 Circle/School of:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1513-1574

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.271 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Aert OrtkensFormerly attributed to:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1510-1530

drawing

Museum number: SL,5236.161 |
Producer name: BIOG31064 Drawn by:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1513-1574

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1853,0813.50 |
Producer name: BIOG31064 Drawn by:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1554

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.639 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Maarten van HeemskerckAfter:Baccio Bandinelli |
Production date: 1532-1533

panel

Museum number: 1852,0327.19 |
Producer name: After:Maarten van HeemskerckIntermediary draughtsman:Dirk Volkertsz Coornhert |
Production date: 17thC

print

Title: The story of Esther |
Museum number: 1949,0709.107 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1564

print

Title: The fall and salvation of mankind through the Life and Passion of Christ |
Museum number: 1949,0709.172 |
Producer name: After:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1568

print

Title: The cycle of the vicissitudes of human affairs |
Museum number: 1868,0208.56 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis CortAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1564

print

Museum number: 1909,1020.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1572

print

Title: King Josiah restores the law of the Lord |
Museum number: 1949,0709.103 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1569

print

Title: The story of Daniel, Bel and the dragon |
Museum number: D,5.86 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1565

print

Title: Acta Apostolorum |
Museum number: 1954,0813.11.8 |
Producer name: After:Maarten van HeemskerckPublished by:Philips Galle |
Production date: 1575 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Title: The story of Tobias |
Museum number: 1949,0709.130 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1556

print

Title: The story of Tamar and Amnon |
Museum number: 1949,0709.78 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1559

print

Title: The Story of Gideon |
Museum number: 1948,0410.4.49 |
Producer name: After:Maarten van HeemskerckPublished by:Hieronymus Cock |
Production date: 1561

print

Title: The story of Joash and Queen Athaliah |
Museum number: 1949,0709.94 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harmen Jansz. MullerAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1567

print

Title: Patientiæ Triumphus |
Museum number: 1874,0110.437 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1559

print

Title: The story of Tobias |
Museum number: 1949,0709.134 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1556

print

Title: The story of Lot |
Museum number: 1928,0313.178 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BosAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1551

print; album

Title: Acta Apostolorum |
Museum number: 1954,0813.12.5 |
Producer name: After:Maarten van HeemskerckPublished by:Philips Galle |
Production date: 1575 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Title: The story of Job |
Museum number: 1949,0709.115 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1563

print

Title: Allegories of the misuse of wordly property |
Museum number: 1871,1209.2365 |
Producer name: Print made by:Willem van SwanenburgAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1609

print

Title: The seven planets |
Museum number: 1875,0710.2821 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harmen Jansz. MullerAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1568

print

Title: Patientiæ Triumphus |
Museum number: 1925,0912.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1559

print

Title: The Story of Gideon |
Museum number: 1949,0709.55 |
Producer name: After:Maarten van HeemskerckPublished by:Hieronymus Cock |
Production date: 1561

print

Title: The story of Daniel, Bel and the dragon |
Museum number: D,5.90 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1565

print

Title: The eight Beatitudes |
Museum number: 1949,0709.24 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harmen Jansz. MullerAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1566

print

Museum number: 1874,1212.450 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1556

print

Title: The eight Beatitudes |
Museum number: 1949,0709.23 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harmen Jansz. MullerAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1566

print

Title: The cycle of the vicissitudes of human affairs |
Museum number: 1868,0208.55 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis CortAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1564

print

Title: The story of Noah |
Museum number: 1949,0709.40 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis CortAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1560

print

Title: The Ten Commandments |
Museum number: 1949,0709.11 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harmen Jansz. MullerAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1566

print

Title: The story of Judith and Holofernes |
Museum number: 1949,0709.137 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1564

print

Title: The wretchedness of wealth |
Museum number: 1937,0915.423 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1563

print

Title: The story of Noah |
Museum number: 1949,0709.39 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis CortAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1560

print

Title: The cycle of the vicissitudes of human affairs |
Museum number: 1868,0208.52 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis CortAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1564

print

Title: Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, elegantissimis imaginabus expressum excellentissi |
Museum number: 1968,1018.1.13 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis CortAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1575

print

Title: Patientiæ Triumphus |
Museum number: 1875,0710.426 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1559

print

Title: Royal-Size Bible Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti |
Museum number: 1939,0130.1.37 |
Producer name: Published by:Claes Jansz. VisscherPublished by:Nicolaes Visscher I |
Production date: 1652 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: The fall and salvation of mankind through the Life and Passion of Christ |
Museum number: 1949,0709.178 |
Producer name: After:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1568

print

Title: The story of Noah |
Museum number: 1949,0709.38 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis CortAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1560

print

Title: The Story of Samson |
Museum number: 1949,0709.61 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1560

print

Title: The story of Esther |
Museum number: 1949,0709.109 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1564

print

Title: The story of Noah |
Museum number: 1949,0709.36 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis CortAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1560

print

Title: The story of David and Saul |
Museum number: 1949,0709.69 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1556

print

Title: Melancholici The four temperaments |
Museum number: 1872,1109.864 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harmen Jansz. MullerAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1566

print; album

Title: Acta Apostolorum |
Museum number: 1954,0813.12.18 |
Producer name: After:Maarten van HeemskerckPublished by:Philips Galle |
Production date: 1575 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Title: The fall and salvation of mankind through the Life and Passion of Christ |
Museum number: 1949,0709.176 |
Producer name: After:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1568

print

Museum number: 1928,0313.176 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1553

print

Title: The Parable of the Prodigal Son |
Museum number: 1872,1109.869 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1562

print

Title: The wretchedness of wealth |
Museum number: 1875,0710.436 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1563

print

Title: Patientiæ Triumphus |
Museum number: 1875,0710.430 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1559

print

Title: The story of Susanna |
Museum number: 1949,0709.146 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1563

print

Title: The story of Susanna |
Museum number: 1949,0709.145 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1563

print; title-page

Title: The fall and salvation of mankind through the Life and Passion of Christ |
Museum number: 1949,0709.179 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1568

print

Title: King Josiah restores the law of the Lord |
Museum number: 1949,0709.98 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1569

print

Title: Patientiæ Triumphus |
Museum number: 1925,0912.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1559

print

Title: The story of Daniel, Bel and the dragon |
Museum number: D,5.95 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1565

print

Title: The Acts of the Apostles |
Museum number: 1937,0915.269 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1575

print

Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum Historiarum veteris testamenti, elegantissimis imaginabus expressum excellentissi |
Museum number: 1968,1018.1.148 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harmen Jansz. MullerAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1585

print

Title: Patientiæ Triumphus |
Museum number: 1875,0710.428 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1559

print

Title: The story of Susanna |
Museum number: 1949,0709.142 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1563

print

Title: The story of Tobias |
Museum number: 1925,1215.97 |
Producer name: BIOG31064 After:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1550

print

Title: The story of Jonah |
Museum number: 1937,0915.264 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1566

print; book

Museum number: 1865,0708.163-512 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christoffel van Sichem IIAfter:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1629 |
Production place: Published in:Leuven

print

Title: The fall and salvation of mankind through the Life and Passion of Christ |
Museum number: 1949,0709.217 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1548

print

Title: The fall and salvation of mankind through the Life and Passion of Christ |
Museum number: 1937,0915.426 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1548

print

Title: The parable of the unmerciful servant (Matthew 18:21-35) |
Museum number: 1949,0709.202 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1554

print

Title: The parable of the great banquet (Luke 14: 15-24) |
Museum number: 1949,0709.194 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1558-1559

print

Title: The victories of Emperor Charles V |
Museum number: 1868,0208.64 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1555

print

Museum number: 1949,0709.43 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1550

print

Title: The parable of the unmerciful servant (Matthew 18:21-35) |
Museum number: 1949,0709.200 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1554

print

Title: The fall and salvation of mankind through the Life and Passion of Christ |
Museum number: 1949,0709.153 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1548

print

Title: Sheltering the stranger The Last Judgement and the six works of Mercy (Mat |
Museum number: 1949,0709.209 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1552

print

Title: The story of Jacob |
Museum number: 1928,0313.180 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1549

print

Title: The twelve Patriarchs |
Museum number: 1870,0625.678 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1550

print

Title: The twelve Patriarchs |
Museum number: D,5.106 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1550

print

Title: The fall and salvation of mankind through the Life and Passion of Christ |
Museum number: 1949,0709.162 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1548

print

Title: The parable of the great banquet (Luke 14: 15-24) The third excuse |
Museum number: 1949,0709.192 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1558-1559

print

Title: The fall and salvation of mankind through the Life and Passion of Christ |
Museum number: 1937,0915.276 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1548

print

Title: The story of Dinah and Shechem |
Museum number: 1949,0709.48 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harmen Jansz. MullerAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1569

print

Title: The power of women |
Museum number: 1868,0208.70 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1551

print

Title: The fall and salvation of mankind through the Life and Passion of Christ |
Museum number: 1949,0709.154 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1548

print

Title: The power of women |
Museum number: 1949,0709.33 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1551

print

Title: The parable of the unmerciful servant (Matthew 18:21-35) |
Museum number: 1949,0709.201 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1554

print

Title: The twelve Patriarchs |
Museum number: D,5.84 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1550

print

Title: The story of Joseph |
Museum number: 1868,0208.73 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1549

print

Title: The story of Isaac's search for a wife |
Museum number: 1994,1002.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1549

print

Title: The parable of the unmerciful servant (Matthew 18:21-35) |
Museum number: 1949,0709.199 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1554

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