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Karel van Mander (1609–1670) was a
Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands which roughly lasted from 1588, when the Dutch Republic was established, to 1672, when the '' Rampjaar'' occurred. During this period, Dutch trade, scientific development ...
painter and the grandson of
Karel van Mander Karel van Mander (I) or Carel van Mander IKarel van Mander
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
...
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Biography

Karel van Mander III was born in
Delft Delft () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, ...
. According to Houbraken, who confused him with his father
Karel van Mander the Younger Karel van Mander the Younger (1579–1623) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and the son of Karel van Mander. Biography The younger van Mander was born in Kortrijk. According to Houbraken, he learned to paint from his father and became a good p ...
, he learned to paint from his father and became a good portrait painter.Karel van Mander Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by
Arnold Houbraken Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch people, Dutch Painting, painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadt ...
, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
His portrait of
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was honored with a poem by
Joost van den Vondel Joost van den Vondel (; 17 November 1587 – 5 February 1679) was a Dutch playwright, poet, literary translator and writer. He is generally regarded as the greatest writer in the Dutch language as well as an important figure in the history of Wes ...
. His portrait of Vondel with gray hair in the same year was also rewarded with a Vondel poem.Poem by Vondel
in honor of the portrait of Vondel
According to the RKD he was a pupil of his father and was influenced by
Frans Hals Frans Hals the Elder (, ; ; – 26 August 1666) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He lived and worked in Haarlem, a city in which the local authority of the day frowned on religious painting in places of worship but citizens liked to decorate thei ...
. He worked in Copenhagen in 1631, and travelled to Italy from 1635-1638.Karel van Mander
in the
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When he returned North he settled in Copenhagen in the company of
Abraham Wuchters Abraham Wuchters (1608 – 23 May 1682) was a Duchy of Brabant, Brabant-born Netherlands, Dutch-Denmark, Danish painter and engraver. He was born in Antwerp but had most of his career in Denmark where he and Karel van Mander III became the pr ...
. He is registered in Amsterdam in 1657 (probably due to the painting mentioned by Vondel). but died in
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References


Karel van Mander
on
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mander, Karel van 1609 births 1670 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch court painters Painters from Delft