Gortzius Geldorp
Gortzius Geldorp[1] (1553–1618) was a Flemish Renaissance artist who was active in Germany where he distinguished himself through his portrait paintings.
Life
Geldorp was born in Leuven. The early Flemish biographer Karel van Mander reported that Geldorp first learned to paint from Frans Francken I and later from Frans Pourbus the Elder. Frans Pourbus the Elder was a prominent portrait painter in Flanders. Frans Francken I and Frans Pourbus the Elder were both pupils of Frans Floris, the leading Renaissance painter in Antwerp.[2]
Geldorp became court painter to the Duke of Terra Nova, Carlo d'Aragona Tagliavia, whom he accompanied on his trips. He travelled to Cologne with the Duke who was participating in peace negotiations with the Dutch Republic. Geldorp stayed in the city while remaining a companion of the Duke on his travels. In 1610 Geldorp took over the seat of Barthel Bruyn the Younger on the city council of Cologne.[3] Geldorp was a successful portrait painter working for the aristocracy and other prominent patrons.[4]
Geldorp died in Cologne, aged about 65. The painter Georg Geldorp who was mainly active in England was his son.[5] The painter Melchior Geldorp who worked in Cologne was probably his son or nephew.[3][6]
Work
Geldorp was mainly a painter of individual and group portraits. Van Mander also mentions some history paintings such as a Diana, a Susanna, an Evangelist, the History of Esther and Ahasverus and two busts of Christ und Mary.[3] There are 70 known works by him which are mostly painted on panel. A series of nine family portraits are part of the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.[4]
He had a brilliant and powerful palette in which the browns dominate. His later works are characterised by soft transitions and a blueish tone in the wrists and neck of his subjects.[7]
Some of his paintings were engraved by Crispijn van de Passe.[2]
References
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- ↑ Name variations: Gortzius Gelsdorp, Gortzius Gualdorp, Gortzius Geldrop, Gortzius Geldorp
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gortzius Geldorp in Karel van Mander's Schilderboeck, 1604 (Dutch)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt: Geldorp, Gortzius. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, p. 531–533 (German)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Circle of Gortzius Geldorp (Leuven 1533 - 1618 Cologne), Portrait of a child, aged four at Isherwood Fine Art
- ↑ Gortzius Geldorp in the RKD (Dutch)
- ↑ Melchior Geldorp in the RKD (Dutch)
- ↑ Théophile Thoré, Études sur les peintres hollandais et flamands. Galerie d’Arenberg à Bruxelles : avec le catalogue complet de la collection par W. Bürger, Paris, J. Renouard, 1859, in-8°, 185-V p., p. 88-89. (French)
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