Jacob van Utrecht
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Jacob Claesz van Utrecht,also named by hissignatureJacobus Traiectensis(c. 1479 – after 1525) was aFlemishearly Renaissance painterwho worked inAntwerpandLübeck.
Life
[edit]Few details are known of Jacob van Utrecht's life. Research on this artist did not start before the end of 19th century. He was probably born inUtrecht,although it is not certain. It is assumed that he became a citizen of Antwerp around 1500 and he is recorded as a "freemaster craftsman"of theGuild of St Lukethere from 1506 to 1512.[1][2]
From 1519 to 1525 he is recorded as a member of theLeonardsbruderschaft( "Leonard's Brotherhood" ), a religious confraternity of merchants in Lübeck among whose ranks the leaders of theProtestant Reformationin the 1530s could be found.[1][2]
From then on no traces of his life have been found.[2]
Signature
[edit]In addition toJacobus Traiectensishe also signed his artworks with his real surnameClaesz / Claez.[citation needed]
Works
[edit]- Berlinaltar(1513),GemäldegalerieinBerlin
- Colognealtarpiece(1515), for theGreat St. Martin ChurchinCologne,now in theWallraf-Richartz Museum
- Triptych(1520) for Lübeck merchant, Hinrich Kerckring,St. Annen Museumin Lübeck
- Portraitof a young Lady from Lübeck (c. 1520),Louvre,Paris
- Portrait of a man with a little dog (c. 1520),Swedish National Museum of Fine Arts,Stockholm
- PortraitJohann Wigerick(1522), Herdringen Palace nearArnsberg,(Sauerland)
- Portrait of a man writing a letter (1524), Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
- Portrait of a man with rings (1524),Hermitage Museum,St. Petersburg,Russia
- Crucifixionaltar (ca. 1525), inNødeboin the north ofZealand,Denmark
- Trinityaltar (1525) forSt. Mary's Churchin Lübeck, lost inWorld War IIbomb raid
- Annunciationaltar with portraits of donating Lübeck merchant Hermann Plönnies and his wife, formerly in the Reedtz-Thott Collection atGavnø Castleon the isle ofGavnønearNæstvedon southern Zealand, since 2012 in the St. Annen Museum in Lübeck
References
[edit]- ^abDe Mesquita, Jarbas Joaci (1941). "Nog meer nieuw Werk van Jacob van Utrecht".Oud Holland(in Dutch).58(2): 59–75.doi:10.1163/187501741X00088.ISSN0030-672X.JSTOR42710396.
- ^abcFriedländer, Max J. (1941). "Neues über Jacob van Utrecht".Oud Holland(in German).58(1): 6–17.doi:10.1163/187501741X00024.ISSN0030-672X.JSTOR42710388.
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