Michiel Carree or Carré (1657 – October 1727) was a
Dutch Golden Age
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painter.
Carree was born in
The Hague
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. He received his first instructions from his elder brother
Hendrik Carré
Hendrik Carré (October 2, 1656, Amsterdam – July 7, 1721, The Hague), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
According to Houbraken he was a pupil first of Jacob Jordaens in Antwerp, and then Juriaen Jacobsze in Leeuwarden, where he pai ...
, and afterwards became the scholar of Nicolaas Berchem, but unfortunately did not profit by the example and practice of so excellent a master, but preferred to follow the style of a much inferior artist named Gabriel van der Leeuw. According to Houbraken he was in England and knew Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten. Houbraken also stated Carree was the teacher of the painter
Jan de Visscher
Jan de Visscher (ca.1636, Haarlem – 1692-1712, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age engraver who became a painter in later life.
Biography
According to Houbraken he was an able etcher who made famous prints (in his lifetime) after the works ...
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 Houbraken also stated that Michiel Carré resided some time in England, and that his works were not popular here, but
Horace Walpole
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He had Strawberry Hill House built in Twickenham, southwest London ...
makes no mention of him in his 'Anecdotes.' He was a landscape painter of some celebrity, since at the death of
Abraham Begeyn
Abraham Begeyn (c. 1637 Leiden – 11 June 1697 Berlin), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
Begeyn was born in Leiden. Though perhaps known mostly for his ''Italianate'' landscapes and cattle in the manner of Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, ...
he was invited to Berlin by the
King of Prussia
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, who appointed him one of his painters. On the death of Frederick he returned to Holland, and resided chiefly at
Alkmaar
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, where he died in 1728. His greatest merit was the uncommon facility and baldness of his pencil, which was well suited to the works upon which he was principally engaged, the decoration of halls and large apartments. One of his best productions is to be seen in a saloon at
the Hague
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, where he has represented in a large landscape, the ''History of Jacob and Esau''. Some of his easel paintings, landscapes with cattle, are very good. Examples of these can be found in the Brunswick Gallery, and the Rotterdam Museum. He died in
Alkmaar
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.
Jacob Campo Weyerman
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mentioned his daughter
Alida Carree
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, who was a good watercolor painter and ivory fan painter.
He also mentioned a son Hendrik Carré the Younger who died in the Hague in 1726.
According to the RKD he was the son of
Franciscus Carré
Franciscus Carree or Frans Carré (ca. 1630 - 1669) was a Dutch painter.
He was either born in Leeuwarden or Antwerp. In 1649 he married Janneke Padtbrugge in The Hague where he became a member of the guild, and spent most of his career. Between ...
and he worked in Amsterdam 1686-1692, England 1692-1695, and Berlin 1697-1713.Michiel Carrée in the
RKD
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He is known for Italianate landscapes and was court painter in Berlin to
Frederick III of Brandenburg
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