Karel van Mander

Karel van Mander
Portrait of van Mander from his book
BornMay 1548
Died2 September 1606(1606-09-02) (aged 58)
EducationLucas de Heere and Pieter Vlerick
Known forPainting, poetry, writing
Notable workSchilder-boeck (1604), several paintings
MovementMannerism
Patron(s)Haarlem city council

Karel van Mander (I) or Carel van Mander I[1][2] (May 1548 – 2 September 1606) was a Flemish painter, playwright, poet, art historian and art theoretician, who established himself in the Dutch Republic in the latter part of his life. He is mainly remembered as a biographer of Early Netherlandish painters and Northern Renaissance artists in his Schilder-boeck. As an artist and art theoretician he played a significant role in the spread and development of Northern Mannerism in the Dutch Republic.[3]

  1. ^ Alternative name spellings: Carel van Mandere, Karel Van Mander and Carel Van Mander
  2. ^ Karel van Mander at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
  3. ^ Painting in the Dutch Golden Age - A Profile of the Seventeenth Century, National Gallery of Art, 2007, p. 119