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Maarten van Heemskerck

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Painted portrait of a woman in black velvet and white headdress holding rosary beads, with a carved mask and heraldic shield.

Portrait of Machtelt Suijs

c. 1540-45

Brown wash study of a muscular nude man seen from behind, pushing against collapsing temple columns above rubble.

Triumph over Sin: Samson Destroys the Temple of the Philistines

c. 1550 - c. 1560

Brown monochrome painting of nude Neptune holding a trident beside a sea monster with open jaws.

Triumph of the Faith: Neptune

c. 1550 - c. 1560

Monochrome brown painting of Hercules in a lion skin struggling with the centaur Nessus beneath him, club raised overhead.

Triumph over Death: Samson Carries the Gates of the City of Gaza | Hercules Kills the Centaur Nessus

c. 1550 - c. 1560

Brown monochrome painting of a muscular man tearing open a lion's jaws, head tilted back, with faint figures behind.

Triumph over Evil: Samson Tears the Lion Apart | Pluto and Cerberus

c. 1550 - c. 1560

Portrait of a man in black cap and fur-collared robe holding a red book and flower, with a heraldic shield at left.

Portrait of Johannes Colmannus, Rector of the Convent of St. Agatha at Delft

c. 1538 - c. 1540

Oil portrait of a woman in white headdress spinning thread at a wheel, with a feathered hat on the wall, painted in 1529.

A Couple

1529

Half-length portrait of an elderly man in a black fur hat and dark cloak, with a painted inscription below.

Jacob Willemsz van Veen (1456-1535), the Artist's Father

1532

Painting of mythological figures, a white horse and black dog in a garden with a classical palace, by Maarten van Heemskerck,

Momos Reproaches the Works of the Gods

1561

Painting of a Bacchic procession with nude revelers, satyrs, a wine cart with grapevines, and a classical temple behind.

The Triumphal Procession of Bacchus

1536

Bearded man in black with white ruff beside ruined Colosseum arches, with a small figure sketching in the lower right corner.

Self-portrait with the Colosseum

1553

Painting of nude Christ as Man of Sorrows, crowned with thorns, flanked by two angels against a red background.

Christ as Man of Sorrows with angels

1532

Seated woman in a golden gown holds a book labeled Sibylla Erythraea, gesturing toward a landscape with a rocky hill and town

The Erythraean Sibyl

1564

Oil portrait of a man in a black beret and fur-collared robe, seated at a table with coins, a book and a candle.

Portrait of (possibly) Pieter Gerritsz Bicker, pendant of (possibly) his wife Anna Codde

1529

Two panels: enthroned Madonna and Child with an angel holding a torch, and Saint Luke painting the Virgin at an easel.

Saint Luke painting the Madonna

1532

Brown monochrome painting of a muscular nude man seen from behind, pushing against columns, with a small figure below.

Simson verbrijzelt de zuilen van de tempel

1550

Sepia painting of a muscular man tearing open a lion's jaws, head thrown back, with faint figures behind him.

Simson verscheurt de leeuw

1550

Sepia drawing of Hercules in a lion skin grappling with the centaur Nessus, arms raised, in a tall vertical format.

Hercules vernietigt de centaur Nessus

1550

Christ victoring over Sin and Death

Christ victoring over Sin and Death

1513-1574

Oil portrait of a man in a black beret and fur-collared robe beside a ledger, coins and a small wall mirror.

Portraits of a Couple, possibly Pieter Gerritsz Bicker and Anna Codde

1529

Painting of a kneeling man in a dark fur-trimmed robe with a bearded standing figure holding a sword, before a landscape.

Sibylla Erythrea

1564

Painting of a crowded Bacchus triumph with nude revelers, satyrs and a chariot before a classical temple.

Triumphal Procession of Bacchus

1536

Painting of the Virgin with a golden halo, veil and red mantle, standing before a rocky mountain landscape with small figures

Virgin

1550

Standing saint with halo and clasped hands in pink brocade gown and green mantle, before a column and landscape.

Saint Elisabeth

1550

Brown wash study of a muscular nude man lifting an arm above a snarling dog, Cerberus, at lower left.

Triomf over het kwaad: Simson verscheurt de leeuw | Pluto en Cerberus

1555

Muscular bearded male nude in brown tones straining against a large curved gate with metal fittings.

Triomf over de dood: Simson draagt de deuren van de poort van Gaza | Hercules doodt de centaur Nessus

1555

Painting of nude gods and figures in a classical garden with a fountain, statues, staircases and ivy-covered arches.

De goden van de Olympus

1556

Painting of Christ's dead body held by grieving mourners, with crosses on a hill in the background.

Graflegging van Christus

1540

Half-length portrait of an elderly man in a black robe and fur collar, holding a red Psalterium book.

Portrait of Cornelis Musius (1500-1572)

1570

Painting of a seated woman in red holding a nude infant, with a hilly landscape, towers and a shepherd behind them.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

c. 1530

Panoramic painting of a classical city with ruins, a bay with sailing ships, and a procession of riders in the foreground.

Panorama with the Abduction of Helen Amidst the Wonders of the Ancient World

1535

Painting of nude figures writhing among serpents beneath a tall pole with a bronze serpent, with robed figures at right.

The Brazen Serpent

1549

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a black cap and fur-collared robe, holding a red prayer book, with a coat of arms at left.

Portret van Johannes Colmannus (1471-1538)

1538

Nude Adam and Eve beside a tree, Eve reaching for fruit as a serpent coils in the branches.

Adam and Eve

1550

Painting of a kneeling man in red tunic praying with clasped hands beside a fleece, with distant landscape and figures.

Gideon and the Fleece

1550

Portrait of a woman in white headdress and black gown with gold belt, holding beads, before a landscape with a castle.

Portrait of Emme 't Hoen van Souburgh (..-1563)

1535

Painting of a ruined amphitheater with crowds watching a bullfight, a central statue, and riders gathered at the entrance.

Bullfight in an antique arena

1552

Half-length portrait of a man in a black beret and fur-trimmed coat holding a letter, with a tree and landscape behind him.

Portrait of Jan Claesz. Diert (1497-1573)

1535

Woman in white headdress spinning thread at a wheel in an interior with a basket on the wall, painted 1529.

Portrait of (possibly) Anna Codde, wife of Pieter Gerritsz Bicker

1529

Arched painting of the Crucifixion with Christ between two thieves, soldiers on horseback and mourning figures below.

Calvary

1543

Painting of a woman in a red dress holding a nude infant before a tree, with a blue landscape and distant city behind.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

1530

Half-length portrait of an elderly woman in white headdress and black dress, holding a rosary, against a brown background.

Portrait of Sophia van Amerongen

1550

Painting of the grieving Virgin in white veil seated beside a standing young man in green cloak against a red background.

The Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist

1540

Kneeling elderly donor in white robe with hands clasped, touched by a woman in red gown holding a gold jar against a blue sky

The Donor and Saint Mary Magdalene

1540

Nude smiths hammer at an anvil in a stone forge while Venus and Cupid stand at left among scattered tools.

Venus and Amor in the forge of Vulcan

1536

Oil portrait of a man in a black beret and fur-trimmed coat holding a folded paper against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

1540

Brown monochrome painting of a muscular nude man rising above a snarling multi-headed dog, arm raised skyward.

Pluto and Cerberus

1555

Brown monochrome painting of a muscular nude man straining against a large curved gate, eyes closed, c. 1555.

Samson Grasping the Gates of Gaza

1555

Painting of Christ's dead body on a stone slab, surrounded by grieving figures, a woman holding a crown of thorns, and a man

The lamentation

1527

Painting of a kneeling saint with a skull beside a lion, set among classical Roman ruins and a reclining river god statue.

Landschaft mit dem Hl. Hieronymus

1547

Black and white reproduction of a banquet scene: a haloed Christ with a kneeling woman at his feet, surrounded by seated gues

Christ in the house of Simon

1561

Grisaille painting of St. Margaret of Antioch in an arched niche, holding a book and cross, with a dragon at her feet.

St. Margaret of Antioch

1544

Standing saint in a pale robe raising one hand and holding a chalice with a serpent, in an arched niche with gilded frame.

St. John the Evangelist

1544

Pen drawing of Jonah spat out by a whale onto a shore, with God in clouds above and a city and ships behind.

Jonah Cast Out by the Whale onto the Shore of Nineveh

1566

Green-toned drawing of a palace staircase where a king and woman gesture while servants butcher an animal below.

The Parable of the King Who Prepared a Wedding

1555

Pen and brown ink drawing of a woman with a hammer and tent peg beside a draped tent and inscribed pillar, ca. 1560.

Jael

ca. 1560

Pen and brown ink drawing of a woman carrying bread and a pitcher, with a basket and vessels at her feet and a village behind

Abigail

c. 1560

Pen and ink drawing of Judith holding a sword and a severed head, with a city and tents in the background, 1560.

Judith

1560

Pen and ink drawing of crumbling Roman arches and ruined walls overgrown with plants, by Maarten van Heemskerck, 1532.

Ruins on the Palatine Hill in Rome

1532

Pen drawing of ruined Roman brick arches on the left, with a distant city wall, towers and a church spire on the right.

Een ongeïdentificeerde ruïne in Rome; op de achtergrond een deel van de Romeinse stadsmuur

1532

Drawing of a blindfolded figure of Justice holding scales and a sword, with classical ruins and a city behind her.

Justice

Grey wash drawing of a robed allegorical woman holding a flaming torch and leaning on a stone tablet beside a distant town.

Fides

1556

Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling woman before a group of bearded men, with classical ruins and dogs in the background.

Christus und die blutflüssige Frau

Pen drawing of a kneeling man and woman sheltered by a shield against flaming arrows, with a demon on a globe above.

Man Protected by the Shield of Faith

1559