Egbert van Heemskerck the Elder (circa 1635-1704), Artist
Sitter in 2 portraits
Artist associated with 9 portraits
Van Heemskerck was a painter from Haarlem who worked in England from about 1675 until his death. He specialised in a kind of subject matter common in The Netherlands but new to English painting: depictions of groups of ordinary people in comic or vulgar situations, including rowdy tavern scenes, Quaker meetings and school classrooms. He worked at the court of Charles II. He may have been patronised by the extravagant courtier, John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester. According to contemporary critics his work also found a flourishing market among 'the waggish collectors and the lower rank of virtuosi'.
Egbert van Heemskerck the Elder
by Egbert van Heemskerck the Elder
oil on canvas, after 1674
NPG 6651
published by John Smith, after Egbert van Heemskerck the Elder
mezzotint, 1680-1700
NPG D11761
by Isaac Beckett, published by John Smith, after Egbert van Heemskerck the Elder
mezzotint, 1681-1688
NPG D11738
by Isaac Beckett, after Egbert van Heemskerck the Elder
mezzotint, 1681-1688
NPG D11758
published by John Smith, after Egbert van Heemskerck the Elder
mezzotint, circa 1683-1729
NPG D11854
published by John Smith, after Egbert van Heemskerck the Elder
mezzotint, circa 1690
NPG D11723
by and published by John Smith, after Adriaen van Ostade, after Egbert van Heemskerck the Elder
mezzotint, 1706
NPG D11722
by and published by John Smith, after Egbert van Heemskerck the Elder
mezzotint, circa 1707
NPG D11769
by and published by John Smith, after Egbert van Heemskerck the Elder
mezzotint, circa 1707
NPG D11808
All paintings by this artist on the BBC Your Paintings website
Place
Netherlands
