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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

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

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

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: 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

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

drawing; print study

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

panel

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

print

Title: The story of Tamar and Amnon |
Museum number: 1949,0709.77 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1559

print

Title: The cycle of the vicissitudes of human affairs |
Museum number: 1937,0915.425 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis CortAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1564

print

Title: The Ten Commandments |
Museum number: 1949,0709.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harmen Jansz. MullerAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1566

print

Title: The seven bleedings of Christ |
Museum number: 1949,0709.184 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harmen Jansz. MullerAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1565

print

Title: The fall and salvation of mankind through the Life and Passion of Christ |
Museum number: 1949,0709.173 |
Producer name: After:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1568

print

Title: The cycle of the vicissitudes of human affairs |
Museum number: Nn,7.33 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis CortAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1564

print

Museum number: U,5.225 |
Producer name: BIOG31064 After:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 16thC

print

Museum number: 1869,0410.140 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1548

print

Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum Historiarum veteris testamenti, elegantissimis imaginabus expressum excellentissi |
Museum number: 1968,1018.1.145 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harmen Jansz. MullerAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1585

print

Title: The Story of Gideon |
Museum number: 1948,0410.4.45 |
Producer name: After:Maarten van HeemskerckPublished by:Hieronymus Cock |
Production date: 1561

print

Title: The wretchedness of wealth |
Museum number: 1875,0710.432 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1563

print

Title: The Story of Gideon |
Museum number: 1948,0410.4.46 |
Producer name: After:Maarten van HeemskerckPublished by:Hieronymus Cock |
Production date: 1561

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 Esther |
Museum number: 1949,0709.106 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1564

print

Title: The wretchedness of wealth |
Museum number: 1875,0710.434 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1563

print

Title: The fall and salvation of mankind through the Life and Passion of Christ |
Museum number: 1949,0709.152 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1548

print

Museum number: 1949,0709.42 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1550

print

Title: The victories of Emperor Charles V |
Museum number: 1871,1209.4732 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1555

print

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

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 eight Beatitudes |
Museum number: 1949,0709.24 |
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 Tobias |
Museum number: 1949,0709.133 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1556

print

Title: The story of David and Saul |
Museum number: 1949,0709.68 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1556

print

Museum number: 1949,0709.51 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1556

print

Title: The story of David and Saul |
Museum number: 1949,0709.71 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1556

print

Title: Patientiæ Triumphus |
Museum number: 1925,0912.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1559

print

Title: The nine worthies |
Museum number: 1875,0710.445 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harmen Jansz. MullerAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1567

print

Title: The Ten Commandments |
Museum number: 1949,0709.15 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harmen Jansz. MullerAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1566

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 Parable of the Prodigal Son |
Museum number: 1925,0912.8 |
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: The fall and salvation of mankind through the Life and Passion of Christ |
Museum number: 1949,0709.149 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1548

print

Title: The story of Esther |
Museum number: 1923,1106.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1564

print

Title: The story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego |
Museum number: 1949,0709.124 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1565

print

Title: The story of Noah |
Museum number: 1949,0709.41 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis CortAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1560

print

Title: Ego sum via, et veritas, et vita |
Museum number: 1949,0709.204 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1556

print

Title: The reward of Labour and Diligence |
Museum number: 1875,0710.441 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1572

print

Museum number: 1949,0709.216 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1562

print

Title: The Acts of the Apostles |
Museum number: 1937,0915.270 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1575

print

Title: The eight Beatitudes |
Museum number: 1937,0915.253 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harmen Jansz. MullerAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1566

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: E,7.261 |
Producer name: BIOG31064 After:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1550

print

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

print

Museum number: 1941,0503.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1549

print

Title: The story of Jacob |
Museum number: 1949,0709.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1549

print

Title: The Parable of the Good Samaritan |
Museum number: 1872,1012.442 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1549

print

Title: The story of Dinah and Shechem |
Museum number: 1949,0709.46 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harmen Jansz. MullerAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1569

print

Museum number: 1869,0410.139 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1549

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 Parable of the Good Samaritan |
Museum number: 1875,0710.2819 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1549

print

Museum number: 1949,0709.64 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1549

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

Museum number: 1947,0319.26.141 |
Producer name: After:Maarten van HeemskerckPublished by:Hieronymus Cock |
Production date: 1553 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Title: Acta Apostolorum |
Museum number: 1954,0813.11.1 |
Producer name: After:Maarten van HeemskerckPublished by:Philips Galle |
Production date: 1575 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print; album

Title: Acta Apostolorum |
Museum number: 1954,0813.12.1 |
Producer name: After:Maarten van HeemskerckPublished by:Philips Galle |
Production date: 1582 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Title: Acta Apostolorum |
Museum number: 1954,0813.11.13 |
Producer name: After:Maarten van HeemskerckPublished by:Philips Galle |
Production date: 1575 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Title: Acta Apostolorum |
Museum number: 1954,0813.11.9 |
Producer name: After:Maarten van HeemskerckPublished by:Philips Galle |
Production date: 1575 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Title: The eight wonders of the world |
Museum number: 1948,0410.4.76 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1572

print

Museum number: 1949,0709.187 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1569

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.289 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob MathamAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1602 |
Production place: Published in:Haarlem

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

Museum number: 1937,0915.277 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1549

print

Title: The eight wonders of the world |
Museum number: 1875,0710.2822 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1572

print

Museum number: 1937,0915.278 |
Producer name: Print made by:Bartholomeus Willemsz. DolendoAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1600

print

Title: The story of Judah and Tamar |
Museum number: D,5.107 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1549

print

Title: The story of Judith and Holofernes |
Museum number: 1872,1012.441 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1550-1575

print

Title: The story of Judah and Tamar |
Museum number: D,5.108 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1549

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 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 story of Joseph |
Museum number: 1949,0709.49 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1549

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 Joseph |
Museum number: 2001,0729.1 |
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: 1949,0709.159 |
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: 1949,0709.154 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1548

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: 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-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: Praise of the virtuous wife |
Museum number: D,5.91 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1555

print

Title: The story of Susanna |
Museum number: 1868,0208.72 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1551

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