
Jan Mortel (baptized 16 October 1652 – 15 October 1719) was a
Dutch Golden Age flower painter.
Mortel was born and died in
Leiden
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. He was a pupil of Jan Porcellis van Delden and became a master in the
Leiden Guild of St. Luke in 1675. Mortel painted primarily
still lifes, often combining fruits and flowers with insects and butterflies. Some of his works were copies after
Abraham Mignon or Mignon's teacher
Jan Davidsz de Heem. In 1690 he was appointed as
Leiden University
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's official artist for their
Hortus Botanicus Leiden, where he worked closely with the prefect, which position was filled from 1709 by
Herman Boerhaave.
References
Mortel, Janin the RKD databases
Jan Mortelon
artnet
1652 births
1719 deaths
18th-century Dutch painters
18th-century Dutch male artists
Dutch male painters
Painters from Leiden
Dutch flower artists
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