Anthonie van Montfoort
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Anthonie van Montfoort
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 Anthonie van Montfoort |
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| Born | 1533 or 1534 Montfoort |
| Died | 1583 Utrecht |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Field | Painting |
| Movement | Mannerism |
Anthonie Blocklandt van Montfoort, Anthonie van Blocklandt or Anthonie van Montfoort (Montfoort, 1533 or 1534 - Utrecht, 1583) was a Dutch painter
Life
His father was a mayor of Montfoort. He went to learn under Hendrick Sweersz. in Delft and Frans Floris in Antwerp. In 1552 he returned to Montfoort, where he married the daughter of the then mayor.
Blocklandt then settled in Delft, where he produced paintings for the Oude Kerk and the Nieuwe Kerk, later lost to the beeldenstorm. Also he painted a work for the Janskerk (Gouda) called De onthoofding van Saint-Jacob, now in the museum there.
In 1572, Blocklandt made a trip to Italy, after which he settled for good in Utrecht, joining a guild there in 1577. In 1579, he painted his best known work, the triptych The Assumption of Mary that is now in the Basilica of St. Martin in Bingen am Rhein.
According to Carel van Mander, Blocklandt painted biblical scenes, mythological subjects and portraits. He is early-Mannerist in style and he and Joos de Beer (another pupil of Floris) were responsible for the Mannerist style begun by Utrecht artists around 1590. Van Mander wrote that De Beer had many paintings by Blocklandt in his workshop that his pupil Abraham Bloemaert later copied.[1] Few works can definitely be attributed to him. One of these is "Joseph interpreting Pharaoh's dream", now in the Centraal Museum in Utrecht.
He was also the teacher of the Delft portrait painter Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt.
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Works
| Painting | Title | Country | Place | Museum |
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Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dream |  The Netherlands |
Utrecht | Centraal Museum |
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De opstanding van Christus | The Netherlands |
Utrecht | Centraal Museum |
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Aanbidding der herders | The Netherlands |
Amsterdam | Rijksmuseum |
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Assumption of Mary |  Germany |
Bingen am Rhein | Kerk |
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Aphrodite disarms Eros |  Czech Republic |
Prague | Nationale Galerie |
References
- ^ (Dutch) Joos de Beer, in Abraham Bloemaert biography by Van Mander
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