Johannes Paulson Morels ( Dutch Johan Pauwelszoon Moreelse ), also Johannes Paulus Moreels ( Johannes Paulus Moreelse , circa 1603 , Utrecht - 1634 , ibid.) - a Dutch Baroque artist who worked during the Dutch Golden Age . Belongs to the school of the so-called Utrecht caravagism . His father was the most famous portrait painter Paulus Morelse . Little is known about Johann's life. He studied in Utrecht in his father's workshop and then in Rome (1627), where he became a knight of some papal order . One of the few outstanding events of his life was the conclusion of a contract with the Utrecht nobleman and lawyer Johann Honorius van Axel de Seni on February 27, 1627. Morels died in Utrecht, from a plague in 1634. His authorship of the few available works was first established in the 1970s.
| Johannes Paulus Morelse | |
|---|---|
| niderl. Johan Pauwelszoon Moreelse | |
| Date of Birth | 1603 |
| Place of Birth | Utrecht |
| Date of death | 1634 |
| Place of death | Utrecht |
| A country |  Republic of the United Provinces |
| Genre | portrait |
| Style | baroque |
Works
- Democritus
- Democritus, a laughing philosopher ( Dutch: Democritus, de lachende wijsgerige )
- Heraclitus
- Esau sells his birthright to Jacob
- Saint Peter ( San Piedro )
- Penitent Mary Magdalena ( Dutch: Boete doende Maria Magdalena )
Gallery
Repentance of St. Petra, 1630
Democritus, 1630
Democritus and Heraclitus, XVII century
Literature
- B. Nicolson. Burlington Magazine, Vol. 116, No. 859, Special Issue Devoted to Caravaggio and the Caravaggesques , pp. 618-620 (10/1974).
- B. Nicolson. Caravaggism in Europe , Oxford (1979), 2nd ed., Dl. I, pp. 150-151.
- A. Blankert et al., Catalog of the exhibition Nieuw Licht op de Gouden Eeuw (A New Look at the Golden Age), Utrecht (Centraal Museum), Braunschweig, Herzog-Anton-Ulrich-Museum (1987), pp. 317-322.
- JA Spicer et al., Catalog of the exhibition Masters of Light. Dutch painters in Utrecht during the Golden Age (Masters of light. Dutch artists in Utrecht of the Golden Age), Baltimore (The Walkers Art Gallery), San Francisco (Fine Arts Museum), London (The National Gallery) (1997-1998), pp. . 385-386.