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Aert Mijtens

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From c. 1573 to c. 1575 he lived on Via di Ripetta in Rome with his wife, two daughters and a son. From 1574 to 1592 he resided in Naples where he worked in the workshop of the Flemish painter Cornelis de Smet. De Smets workshop functioned as a base for foreigners from the Low Countries in Napels. He
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After the death of Cornelis de Smet in October 1591 he travelled to Flanders to handle de Smet's affairs in Brabant and Flanders. Around this time he also spent time in The Hague. Upon his return to Naples in 1592 he became a board member of the local painters' guild in the years 1592 and 1593.
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He left Napels forever between July 1598 and November 1599. He worked on a commission for the Franciscan Order of San Bernardino in L'Aquila, for whom he had also worked in 1594. From 1600 he was active in Rome. He was a teacher of
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He lived in Rome with his children in the house of another Flemish painter Anthonis Santvoort in the Via di Ripetta. He worked in the workshop of Santvoort, who painted representations of
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was adopted by Cornelis de Smet and worked as assistant or pupil and lived in his house. In Naples he was successful and worked for the court of the Viceroy.
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Rudolf E. O. Ekkart, et al. "Mijtens." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 23 Nov. 2013
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during his Rome residency. Van Someren married Mijtens' daughter Dionora in 1600 and returned with her to
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on copper. He lived there until his death in Rome where he was buried on 28 September 1601 in
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who worked for most of his career in Italy. Here he was known for his altarpieces.
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Index


Hendrik Hondius
[ˈaːrtˈmɛitəns]
Flemish
Renaissance
painter
Brussels
The Hague
Daniel Mijtens
Karel van Mander
Hans Speckaert
Brussels
Naples
L'Aquila
The Hague

Barend van Someren
Flanders
Mary
San Lorenzo in Lucina
altarpieces







Aert Mijtens
Netherlands Institute for Art History

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