Cornelis Ketel | |
|---|---|
 Cornelis Ketel by Hendrik Bary | |
| Born | 18 March 1548 |
| Died | 8 August 1616 (aged 68) |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Mannerism |
| Children | 1 |
Cornelis or Cornelius Ketel (18 March 1548 – 8 August 1616[1]) was a Dutch Mannerist painter, active in Elizabethan London from 1573 to 1581, and in Amsterdam till his death. Ketel, known essentially as a portrait-painter, was also a poet and orator, and from 1595 a sculptor as well.[2]
According to Ketel's biography, written by his contemporary Karel van Mander,[3] he seems to have wanted to concentrate on the most prestigious of the hierarchy of genres, history painting, which included mythological subjects, but after he left France he is known almost entirely as a portrait-painter. Neither England nor Holland had much demand for large history paintings during his lifetime, and none of Ketel's histories or allegorical paintings are known to have survived intact, although drawings and prints survive.[2] He did however significantly influence the development of the largest type of painting commonly produced in the United Provinces at this period, the civic group portrait.
- ^ "Cornelis Ketel". Netherlands Institute for Art History. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
- ^ a b Rudolf Ekkart, Cornelis Ketel, Grove Art Online, accessed January 31st, 2008
- ^ Dutch online text, from the DBNL, K. van Mander, Het Schilder-boeck, Haarlem, 1604 (reprinted Utrecht 1969, translated as The Lives of the Netherlandish and German PaintersH. Miedema, ed. 1994-99).