According to early sources Mor was born about 1516-21. He was from Utrecht, where he was a pupil of Jan van Scorel. Mor spent most of his career as court portraitist to the Habsburgs in Brussels, also travelling to Spain, Portugal and England. His name is often given in Spanish form, Antonio Mor. From about 1554 he lived in the Netherlands, in Utrecht, and from 1568 chiefly in Antwerp.
Anthonis Mor
born between 1516 and 1521; died 1576/7
Paintings by Anthonis Mor
Although damaged, we can tell that this is an original work by Anthonis Mor. His sitters are usually lit from above and the left; their noses are narrow but have deep shadows and the eyes are too widely spaced. We don't know the identity of the sitter, but the cut of his hair, and the long beard...
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We don't know who this man is, though similar collars and beards appear in portraits of the 1560s and 1570s. The painting is on paper, mounted on a walnut panel, and is unfinished. It might have been a study, perhaps for one sitter in a group, or possibly a pattern which the artist kept in his wo...
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