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| ISAAC NICHOLAI SWANENBURGH 1538-1614 |
| Isaac Swanenburgh was a popular
and important person in the town of Leyden. He was an architect by training, however he
built a strong local reputation as a painter. Isaac Swaneneburgh was made a member of the council of Leyden in 1582, by the year 1586 he was the deputy mayor of Leyden. He was made the mayor of Leyden in 1596. He accepted students and devoted himself to painting as a profession. Among his students were his sons Jacob, Claes and Willem. His most important students were his own son Jacob and Otto van Veen. Otto van Veen became the eventual teacher of Rubens and Jacob Swanenburgh became the eventual teacher of Rembrandt. Jan van Goyen was also a student of Isaac Swanenburgh. |
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JACOB VAN SWANENBURGH |
| He was a student of his father
Isaak Nicholai Swanenburgh and had a love for painting but was not a exceptional painter.
He was highly accepted in the town of Leyden, principally because of his father. Jacob Swanenburgh was able to travel to Italy to improve his painting skills. This was considered the only avenue to become a master painter at the time. In Italy he worked in both Venice and in Naples. He ran afoul of the law and was accused in 1608 in the arch-episcopal court of justice. The acquisations were that he tried to sell paintings on Sunday, however the real point of contention was a controversial painting titled The Witches Dance. I depicted witches dancing in hell and was reminiscent of the bizarre works by Bosch. The following year he married Margarita Cordona and he stayed eight more years in Naples. He came back to Leyden in 1617. In Leyden he set up a studio and began to accept students. His most famous student was Rembrandt who became his apprentice in 1620 and who remained with Jacob Swanenburgh until 1623. |
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CORNELIS VAN DER VOORT |
| Cornelis van der Voort was very
likely the student of Cornelis Ketel, although little is known of this period of his life.
His most important students were David Bailly who began his apprenticeship in 1601. Pieter
Luyx who began his apprenticeship in 1607 and Dirk Harmensz. who began in 1612. In 1569,
there was a Cornelis van der Voort in the guild of Utrecht; another, in 1648, in the guild
of Delft. Their relationship to this Cornelis is unknown but it may be assumed that he
came from a family of painters. Cornelis van der Voort established himself in Amsterdam and was among the most respected painters of his day. His portraits were highly regarded and his style had a strong influence on the early portraits of Rembrandt. He was he chief of the guild of Saint-Luc, which was a most prestigious position. The four largest paintings of this artist are in the Museum of Amsterdam. The largest is a painting showing the Civic Guard, contains twenty-one people and is nearly four metres in width. These four works are considered by the museum to be some of the most astonishing and remarkable works owned by this establishment. This is a truly remarkable statement when the number of other masterpieces under the roof of this museum is considered. These canvases are dated of the last years of the masters life : 1614, 1618, 1619, 1623. The son of Cornelis de Voort was also a painter, although he did not achieve the acclaim of his father. |
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