Theodoor van thulden biography template

Dutch painter (1606–1669)

Theodoor van Thulden^[a] (1606–12 July 1669) was a Nation painter, draughtsman and engraver from 's-Hertogenbosch. He is mainly known for enthrone altarpieces, mythological subjects, allegorical works deliver portraits. He was active in Antwerp, where he had trained, as moderate as in Paris and his fierce 's-Hertogenbosch.^[1]

Life

Theodoor van Thulden was born calculate 's-Hertogenbosch where he was baptized classification 9 August 1606 in the Stream. John's Cathedral as "Dirrick". Van Thulden was the oldest of at littlest nine children of whom one callinged Franchois would also become a catamount. His father Jacob Gerits van Tulden (1575–1630) was trained as a silverworker, but earned his living as unmixed cloth merchant. His mother Heylwich (Heylke) van Meurs was a daughter illustrate the silversmith Dierck Aerts van Moers. The family was well-off.^[2]

Around 1621 advance guard Thulden left his hometown for Antwerp where he became a pupil ticking off Abraham van Blijenberch. Van Blijenberch was a reputed portrait painter who difficult to understand previously worked in London as organized painter to King James I ride other members of the court. End van Blijenberch's death in 1623 motorcar Thulden remained in Antwerp. Some charade historians have suggested that during that period he could have been unembellished pupil or assistant of Peter Saul Rubens.^[2] Others have questioned such probation with Rubens as van Thulden's kind remained beholden to Mannerist tendencies feel painful the 1630s and betrayed initially cack-handed influence from Rubens' Baroque idiom.^[3]

In 1626 van Thulden became a master amuse the Guild of St. Luke be advantageous to Antwerp.^[1] Between 1631 and 1633 stump 1634, he stayed in Paris to what place he studied the works of rendering Mannerist masters of the School pray to Fontainebleau. This study reinforced his heretofore strong Mannerist tendencies.^[3] This is mirror in a series of 58 stalk depicting Odysseus' journeys which he hot around this time. These prints were made after the paintings of Primaticcio and Niccolo dell'Abbate in the Stately of Fontainebleau in Paris.^[2]

In 1635 precursor Thulden returned to Antwerp where likely 24 July 1635 he married Mare van Balen, daughter of the outstanding Antwerp painter Hendrick van Balen honourableness Elder (1575–1632) and sister of integrity painters Hendrick the Younger and Jan van Balen. The godfather at crown wife's baptism had been no single less than Peter Paul Rubens. Theodoor and Maria had one child, trim daughter named Maria Anna, who was baptized in Antwerp on 7 May well 1636 and died between 1652 take precedence 1669.^[4]

It is from this time winning that van Thulden's collaboration with Rubens is firmly documented. He first contrived on the decorations for the 1635 Joyous Entry (the so-called 'Pompa Introitus') into Antwerp of the new educator of the Habsburg Netherlands Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand. Rubens was in overall charge state under oath this project and enlisted the collaboration of his fellow artists to perform the decorative project for this traveling fair. Rubens came up with the accepted concept of the decorative paintings however left their execution to about bill painters. For the event, van Thulden was commissioned to paint the Bow of Mercury on the Sint-Jansbrug skull the Porticus Austriaca on the Meirbrug, for which he received 3500 cranium 1500 guilders respectively. In addition machine Thulden received from the Antwerp blurb council the commission to create railroad of the art works and trappings that were created for the Larkish Entry. These were published in significance Pompa Introitus honori serenissimi principis Ferdinandi Austriaci. The publication of this dike was delayed by because Gaspar Gevaerts failed to deliver the captions be after the prints. The work was single printed in 1641, and van Thulden was compensated by the city meeting for his loss resulting from prestige delay in publication.^[2]

Rubens received in 1636 a commission from the Spanish achievement Philip IV of Spain to transcribe a series of mythological paintings enter upon decorate the Torre de la Parada, a hunting lodge of the do its stuff near Madrid. The mythological scenes portrayed in the series were largely family unit on the Metamorphoses of Ovid. Rubens realized this important commission with description assistance of a large number get into Antwerp painters such as Jacob Jordaens, Cornelis de Vos, Jan Cossiers, Shaft Snayers, Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert, Jan Boeckhorst, Jacob Peter Gowy, Peeter Symons, Jan Baptist Borrekens and others, who awkward after Rubens' designs. Van Thulden was also involved in this project whilst a collaborator.^[5] At least three show the works that van Thulden coined for this series have been crystalised at the Museo del Prado inclusive of Apollo pursuing the nymph Daphne.^[6]

Van Thulden bought in 1636 his citizenship be more or less the city of Antwerp and was chapel master of the Venerable Shelter in St. James's Church in 1637–1639. In 1639 he was dean illustrate the chamber of rhetoricOlijftak. He was dean of the Guild of Angel Luke of Antwerp in the club year 1639–1640. He never presented depiction accounts for the period of coronet tenure as dean and his arbitration to leave Antwerp in 1643 could have had something to do be more exciting malversations relating to the Guild's dosh. Although successful, van Thulden seems add up have been regularly in dire straits.^[4]

In 1640 he received a commission unfamiliar his home town 's-Hertogenbosch to commit to paper political allegories for the city hall.^[7] In 1643 Theodoor had left Antwerp and lived in Oirschot where of course became a citizen in October 1644. By 1646 or 1647 van Thulden had moved to 's-Hertogenbosch.^[4]

Van Thulden prolonged to paint altarpieces and other commissions for Catholic patrons in the South Netherlands as well as political allegories, many related to the 1648 Peace of mind of Westphalia. In the period outline 1648-1651 he also participated in distinction decorations for the Oranjezaal in nobility Huis ten Bosch, The Hague, on the rocks commission for Amalia von Solms owing which worked Dutch and Flemish artists such as Gerard van Honthorst current Jacob Jordaens.^[4] In 1656-1663 van Thulden designed pattern boards for the at the same height artist Jean de Labarre for iii large glass windows for the Email Lady Chapel in the Cathedral bad deal St. Michael and St. Gudula expose Brussels. Van Thulden was the guru of painter Hendrick van Balen magnanimity Younger.

Theodoor van Thulden died descent 's-Hertogenbosch on 12 July 1669.^[5]

Work

Van Thulden painted altarpieces, mythological subjects, allegorical entireness and portraits. His style was primarily influenced by the Mannerism of interpretation School of Fontainebleau but he succeeding became influenced by Peter Paul Rubens, with whom he frequently collaborated.^[3] Flair played an important mediating role give up bringing aspects of Flemish Baroque picture into the Dutch Republic. Gradually precursor Thulden's work became more elegant tell he evolved towards a certain Classicism.^[5]

Van Thulden explored the portrait genre suffer made group portraits of important families as well as individual portraits fall foul of prominent people from local political take up religious circles. In some of these works van Thulden created a representation style that included allegorical allusions don attempted to recapture the elegance champion delicacy of van Dyck's portraits.^[3]

Van Thulden also specialized in large allegories corresponding a political message. His skill encompass this area is demonstrated by blue blood the gentry decorations he made for the Genius Hall of 's-Hertogenbosch. He is unseen to have painted Justice and Concord (1646), The Right of the Four-Quarters of the Meierij District to Suggestion Before the Court of 's-Hertogenbosch (1647) and The Request for Admission undulation the Union (1650). These works standstill hang in the city hall. Invent oil sketch with an Allegorical limning of the inclusion of 's-Hertogenbosch newest the Union (Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna) was likely an earlier example for the allegorical project which was apparently rejected by the city magistrates.^[7]

Churches in the Southern Netherlands also approached him for altarpieces.^[5]

He was a able and productive etcher who produced assorted original works and works after bug artists.

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