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Gortzius Geldorp
Gortzius Geldorp

Gortzius Geldorp

Flemish, 1553–1618
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Gortzius Geldorp was a Flemish Renaissance artist who was active in Germany where he distinguished himself through his portrait paintings.

Gortzius Geldorp was born in Leuven. The early Flemish biographer Karel van Mander reported that Geldorp first learned to paint from Frans Francken I and later from Frans Pourbus the Elder. Frans Pourbus the Elder was a prominent portrait painter in Flanders. Frans Francken I and Frans Pourbus the Elder were both pupils of Frans Floris, the leading Renaissance painter in Antwerp.

Geldorp became court painter to the Duke of Terra Nova, Carlo d'Aragona Tagliavia, whom he accompanied on his trips. He travelled to Cologne with the Duke who was participating in peace negotiations with the Dutch Republic. Geldorp stayed in the city while remaining a companion of the Duke on his travels. In 1610 Geldorp took over the seat of Barthel Bruyn the Younger on the city council of Cologne. Geldorp was a successful portrait painter working for the aristocracy and other prominent patrons.

Geldorp died in Cologne, aged about 65. The painter Georg Geldorp who was mainly active in England was his son. The painter Melchior Geldorp who worked in Cologne was probably his son or nephew.

Geldorp was mainly a painter of individual and group portraits. Van Mander also mentions some history paintings such as a Diana, a Susanna, an Evangelist, the History of Esther and Ahasverus and two busts of Christ und Mary. These history paintings typically take the form of portrait-style depiction of a saint or a biblical or mythological figure. An example is the Venus, or a young woman en deshabillé (Sotheby's London sale of 2 May 2018 lot 27), which shows Venus in the form of a portrait of a semi-nude woman.

There are 70 known works by him which are mostly painted on panel. A series of nine family portraits are part of the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

He had a brilliant and powerful palette in which the browns dominate. His later works are characterised by soft transitions and a blueish tone in the wrists and neck of his subjects.

Some of his paintings were engraved by Crispijn van de Passe.

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Christ

Christ (c. 1600)

Gortzius Geldorp (Flemish, 1553–1618)
Religion
The Penitent Mary Magdalen

The Penitent Mary Magdalen

Gortzius Geldorp (Flemish, 1553–1618)
Religion
Venus, or a young woman en deshabillé

Venus, or a young woman en deshabillé

Gortzius Geldorp (Flemish, 1553–1618)
Mythology
Head of a lady

Head of a lady

Gortzius Geldorp (Flemish, 1553–1618)
Figurative
Hortensia del Prado (d 1627), Wife of Jean Fourmenois

Hortensia del Prado (d 1627), Wife of Jean Fourmenois (1596)

Gortzius Geldorp (Flemish, 1553–1618)
Figurative
Hortensia del Prado (d 1627)

Hortensia del Prado (d 1627) (1599)

Gortzius Geldorp (Flemish, 1553–1618)
Figurative
Jeremias Boudinois

Jeremias Boudinois (1610)

Gortzius Geldorp (Flemish, 1553–1618)
Figurative
Lucretia del Prado, Wife of Jeremias Boudinois

Lucretia del Prado, Wife of Jeremias Boudinois (1610)

Gortzius Geldorp (Flemish, 1553–1618)
Figurative
Maria

Maria (1604)

Gortzius Geldorp (Flemish, 1553–1618)
Religion
Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a Man (1613)

Gortzius Geldorp (Flemish, 1553–1618)
Figurative
Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of a Woman (1613)

Gortzius Geldorp (Flemish, 1553–1618)
Figurative

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