Maarten van Heemskerck, Dutch painter (born 1498)

Maarten van Heemskerck

Dutch painter (1498–1574)

Maarten van Heemskerck, also known as Marten Jacobsz Heemskerk van Veen, was a Dutch portrait and religious painter, who spent most of his career in Haarlem. He was a pupil of Jan van Scorel, and adopted his teacher's Italian-influenced style. He spent the years 1532–36 in…