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Description: | Christopher Columbus is depicted pointing towards a globe with a ship in the background - possibly the Santa Maria in which he made his epic voyahe to the West Indies. Ketel was a Dutch draughtsman and sculptor, active also in France and England. He was one of the most important portrait and narrative painters of the Dutch Mannerist School. In 1573 Ketel moved to London, where he worked until 1581, primarily as a portrait painter. His subjects included Elizabeth I. During his stay in London, Ketel was exposed to the influence of Federico Zuccaro. After 1581 Ketel was living in Amsterdam where he remained until his death. Van Mander in his extremely thorough account of Ketel's life and work in the Schilderboeck (1604), mentioned that in 1599 Ketel began to paint with his fingers and soon after with his feet. These experiments were probably related to a rheumatic disease, and certainly by 1613, the painter had become completely paralysed. | Subjects: | Christopher) portrait (Columbus | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Ketel, Cornelis (Dutch painter, draftsman, and sculptor, 1548-1616) Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8344... | Go to resource |
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