Jacob van Doordt

Kirsten Munk, 1623

Jacob van Doort was a painter of Flemish or Dutch extraction active in portrait miniatures from 1606 to his death in 1629.[1] He did much of his work for the courts of Denmark and Sweden, in particular the court of Christian IV of Denmark.

His own life is not well known.[2][3] He was possibly the son of Peter van der Doort of Antwerp and the brother of Abraham van Doordt. He may have been born in Hamburg and made a few trips to England. For most of his career he worked in Northern Europe.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Programme for conference on European Portrait Miniatures, Celle Castle, Germany, 2013
  2. ↑ Abridged catalogue of the pictures and sculpture in the Royal picture, Mauritshuis (Hague, Netherlands), pg 21
  3. ↑ Oskar Bandle, The Nordic Languages, pg 2144
  4. ↑ Bio at RKD
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