Cornelis Ketel : a painter without a brush

Author

Galley, Nicolas

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Artibus et historiae. 2004, Num. 49, Vol. 25, 87-100, 230, 11 ill. (3 col.)

ISSN

0391-9064

Abstract (en)

Aligns painter and philosopher as presented in Ketel's self-portrait as Democritus, a non-extant pendant to Heraclitus (ca.1600; Washington, DC, coll. James O. Belden) described in Karel van Mander's 1604 Lives of illustrious Netherlandish and German painters. Relates notions of artistic genius and virtuosity to iconography and to technique, as the Democritus portrait is recorded as Ketel's first to be completed using his fingers, and to biography, as multiple art critics identified the year 1600 as a great turning point for Dutch painting.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Netherlands
• Ketel, Cornelis, 1548-1616
• Netherlands
• Painting
• 1500-1700
• Self-portraits
• Portraits
• Artists
• Heraclitus, ca.535-ca.475 B.C.
• Philosophy
• Sources
• Comparison
• Democritus, ca.460-370 B.C.
• Pendants (companion pieces)
• Iconography
• Technique
• Genius
• Creativity
• Artistic intention
• Mander, Karel I van, 1548-1606
• Art criticism
• Schilder-Boeck
• Biography
• Historicism

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Pays-Bas
• Ketel, Cornelis, 1548-1616
• Pays-Bas
• Peinture
• 1500-1700
• Autoportrait
• Portrait
• Artistes
• Héraclite, v.535-v.475 av. J.C.
• Philosophie
• Sources
• Comparaison
• Démocrite, v.460-370 av. J.C.
• Pendants
• Iconographie
• Technique
• Génie
• Création artistique
• Intention artistique
• Mander, Karel I van, 1548-1606
• Critique d'art
• Schilder-Boeck
• Biographie
• Historisme

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier20060701-00024939

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