The world of Jan Cornelisz VermeyenCourt portraitist, witness to the Tunis expedition and creator of monumental tapestries, Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen unites political observation, engraving and religious intensity.
around 1500 -1559Artist's life
Beverwijk, Mechelen, Spain, Tunis and BrusselsMain homes
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around 1500 -1559 · Netherlands, Spain, Tunis and Brussels
Court portraitist, witness to the Tunis expedition and creator of monumental tapestries, Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen unites political observation, engraving and religious intensity.
Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen was born around 1500 in Beverwijk and died in Brussels in 1559. His training remains debated, but his work reveals a deep knowledge of Nordic portraiture and a new attention to Italian models. Towards the end of the 1520s, he worked at the court of Margaret of Austria in Mechelen, then in the service of Mary of Hungary. Portraits, drawings and official commissions placed him in direct contact with Habsburg power. Called to Spain by Charles V, he accompanied the imperial expedition against Tunis in 1535. Called to Spain by Charles V, he accompanied the imperial expedition against Tunis in 1535. He observed cities, battles, landscapes, costumes and ceremonies in order to preserve a precise visual memory. These studies nourish prints and especially the boxes of the twelve tapestries of The Conquest of Tunis, commissioned by Mary of Hungary in 1546 and woven in Brussels by Willem de Pannemaker's workshop. The monumental scale of this cycle makes Vermeyen both a reporter, a director of history and a master of textile decoration. His stay in the Mediterranean world and his knowledge of Italy also enrich his religious painting. Saint Jerome meditating focuses the eye on an elderly body, the book and the skull. The meditating figure in the Mediterranean world also concentrates the gaze on an elderly body, the book and the skull. The half-body figure, the expressive hands and the tight light also transform the saint's erudition into an interior experience. Vermeyen finally practices etching with remarkable freedom. His art thus connects the intimacy of a face to the immense political theater of the empire. The "Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen" selection notably compares Saint Jerome meditating. His reading favors figures.
Vermeyen knows how to look at two scales: the silent hand of a saint and the movement of an army also become historical documents.
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Journey, subjects and pictorial language
Training and courses from the Netherlands
Portraits in Mechelen and service of Margaret of Austria then Mary of Hungary introduced Vermeyen to the Habsburgs. This milestone sheds light on the "Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen" collection by favoring figures.
Spain and Tunis expedition
The painter accompanies Charles V, draws North Africa and transforms direct testimony into a political image.
Tapestries and Brussels maturity
The cartoons of The Conquest of Tunis, engravings and religious paintings bring together monumentality and observation.
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Expressive hand
Fingers, book and gesture give the portrait or saint an immediate psychological intensity. This trait guides a reading of "Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen" centered on the figures.
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Concentrated light
Chiaroscuro detaches the face and body from a small space, conducive to meditation.
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Documentary look
Costumes, weapons, landscapes and ceremonies record imperial events with witness precision.
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Monumental scale
Tapestry cardboard transforms the study taken from life into a vast story readable from a distance.
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Works, visual language and historical landmarks make up a journey exclusively devoted to Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen.
Humanist meditation01
Saint Jerome meditating
The book, the skull, the elderly body and the light bring the science of the saint back to a silent confrontation with time.
Landmark work by Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen. Reading of "Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen" by the figures.Style02
Expressive hand
Fingers, book and gesture give the portrait or saint an immediate psychological intensity. This trait guides a reading of "Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen" centered on the figures.
Reading key for Jan Cornelisz VermeyenStyle03
Concentrated light
Chiaroscuro detaches the face and body from a small space, conducive to meditation.
Reading key for Jan Cornelisz VermeyenStyle04
Documentary look
Costumes, weapons, landscapes and ceremonies record imperial events with witness precision.
Reading key for Jan Cornelisz VermeyenStyle05
Monumental scale
Tapestry cardboard transforms the study taken from life into a vast story readable from a distance.
Reading key for Jan Cornelisz Vermeyenaround 1500 -153306
Training and courses from the Netherlands
Historical landmark of Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen
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