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claes corneliszoon moeyaert
Early Modern
Early Modern

claes corneliszoon moeyaert

Born 1592 Died 1655

early life and training claes corneliszoon moeyaert, a prominent dutch painter, was born in durgerdam, netherlands in 1592. as a young man, he is believed to have traveled to italy to experience its art, which would later influence his work. at the age of 25, he married grietje claes in 1617. artistic career moeyaert's artistic career was marked by his use of red chalk, a technique also employed by rembrandt. he collaborated with pieter lastman in st. antoniesbreestraat and designed amsterdam's triumphal arch for the arrival of maria de medici. on september 1, 1638, he witnessed her processio…

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An Interactive Constellation

The Subject Atlas

A chart of claes corneliszoon moeyaert's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.

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Rings — Career Period

Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.

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