Philips Angel
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Philips Angel was a Dutch Golden Age
painter.
, where he entered the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke
in 1639 and paid dues until 1649.
He returned to Middelburg at least in 1652.
. He then signed a document three years later saying he stopped all activities as a painter (probably to relieve himself of paying dues to the guild) in 1645 and joined the Dutch East India Company
.
This second Philips Angel was drawing teacher of Abbas II of Persia
in Isfahan between 1651 and 1656. There are no known paintings by Philips Angel II in the RKD databases.
Dutch Golden Age
The Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, military and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. The first half is characterised by the Eighty Years' War till 1648...
painter.
Biography
There has been some confusion about the identity of this painter, since he seems to have had a rather sober professional career, despite being ambitious enough to travel far from his native Middelburg. Angel was active as a still-life painter in HaarlemHaarlem
Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...
, where he entered the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke
Haarlem Guild of St. Luke
The Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke was first a Christian, and later a city Guild for a large number of trades falling under the patron saints Luke the Evangelist and Saint Eligius.-History:...
in 1639 and paid dues until 1649.
He returned to Middelburg at least in 1652.
Philips Angel II of Leiden
Philips Angel's life and works are often mixed with his cousin, the contemporary painter of the same name (now labelled Philips Angel II by the RKD), born in 1618 in Leiden, who was active as a painter in Leiden from 1637 to 1645, then sailed to Batavia, Dutch East Indies where he died in 1664 or 1665. This cousin Philips Angel II held a speech at a banquet for the Leiden Guild of Saint Luke in 1641 and later published a pamphlet on the art of painting in 1642 in Leiden based on the speech, in which he praises the work of Gerard DouGerard Dou
Gerrit Dou , also known as Gerard and Douw or Dow, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, whose small, highly-polished paintings are typical of the Leiden fijnschilders...
. He then signed a document three years later saying he stopped all activities as a painter (probably to relieve himself of paying dues to the guild) in 1645 and joined the Dutch East India Company
Dutch East India Company
The Dutch East India Company was a chartered company established in 1602, when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia...
.
This second Philips Angel was drawing teacher of Abbas II of Persia
Abbas II of Persia
Shah Abbas II was Shah of Iran from 1642 to 1666. He was the seventh Shah of the Safavid Dynasty. He was the son of Shah Safi I and a Circassian, Anna Khanum, and originally bore the name Sultan Muhammed Mirza before his coronation on May 15, 1642...
in Isfahan between 1651 and 1656. There are no known paintings by Philips Angel II in the RKD databases.
Works
- A still-life, signed P. Angel, 1660 — is in the Berlin MuseumAlte NationalgalerieThe Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin is a gallery showing a collection of Classical, Romantic, Biedermeier, Impressionist and early Modernist artwork, all of which belong to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The museum is situated on Museum Island, a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site.- Founding...
. - Still-life with crayfish, Museum Bredius
- Still life paintings on ArtnetArtnetartnet is an online service provider for the international art market with headquarters in New York, Berlin and Paris. Additionally, artnet has regional offices in China, the UK and Russia.- Business model :...