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Johannes Paulus Moreelse
Johannes Paulus Moreelse
Born	c. 1603; Zundert, Netherlands
Died	October 1634 (aged 30–31); Zundert, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Known for	Painting
Movement	Baroque

Johannes Paulus Moreelse, or Johan Pauwelszon Moreelse (c. 1603 – October 1634), was a Dutch baroque painter belonging to the school of Utrecht Caravaggism during the Dutch Golden Age.

Life edit

Moreelse was born in Utrecht, Holland. His father, Paulus Moreelse, was at that time a famous portrait painter.^[1]^[2] Little is known about his life. Johan Moreelse studied in Utrecht, in the studio of his father, and then in Rome (1627), where he was appointed into a papal knight order.^[1] Moreelse died in his home town during a plague epidemic. His small number of known works were only assigned to him in the 1970s.^[2]

Gallery edit

Paintings by Johannes Moreelse
Democritus, c. 1630, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands
Heraclitus, c. 1630, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands
Saint Jean-Baptiste, c. 1630, Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, Lyon, France
Clio: Muse of History, c. 1634, National Museum, Warsaw, Poland
Portrait of a Man, unknown, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
The Repentance of Saint Peter, c. 1630, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'archéologie de Besançon, Besançon, France

References edit

^ ^a ^b Fremantle, Katharine (October 1974). "The Identity of Johan Moreelse, Painter". The Burlington Magazine. 116 (859): 618–620. JSTOR 877824.
^ ^a ^b Nicolson, Benedict (October 1974). "Additions to Johan Moreelse". The Burlington Magazine. 116 (859): 618+620–621+623. JSTOR 877825.

Bibliography edit

B. Nicolson, Caravaggism in Europe, Oxford (1979), 2nd ed., dl. I, pp. 150–151
J. A. Spicer [e.a.], cat. tent. Masters of Light. Dutch painters in Utrecht during the Golden Age, Baltimore (The Walkers Art Gallery), San Francisco (Fine Arts Museum), London (The National Gallery) (1997–1998), pp. 385–386