Paulus Bor

Paulus Bor
Born	1601 (1601) Amersfoort, Dutch Republic
Died	August 10, 1669(1669-08-10) (aged 67–68) Amersfoort, Dutch Republic
Nationality	Dutch
Other names	Orlando
Known for	Painting
Spouse	Aleijda van Crachtwijck ​ ​ (m. 1632)​
Father	Paulus Bor
Patron(s)	Caravaggio, Pieter de Grebber, Salomon de Bray

Paulus Bor (Dutch: [ˈpʌulʏz ˈbɔr]; c. 1601 – 10 August 1669) was a Dutch artist, representative of the "Golden Age", member of the art society "Bentvueghels".

Biography

Unknown artist. The ritual of admission to membership in the society "Birds of a Feather", 1660

Paulus Bor, The Annunciation of the Virgin's Death, c. 1635–1640, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Bor, who was born and died in Amersfoort, was descended from a notable Catholic family. He made a study trip to Rome, where he was one of the founders of the Bentvueghels, taking the nickname Orlando. He returned in 1626 to Amersfoort and joined Jacob van Campen in the decoration of the palace Honselaarsdijk belonging to Frederik Hendrik. In 1635, painted after a stay in Rome, significant is the work "La Maddalena". In 1656, he became regent of the godshuis "De Armen de Poth" in Amersfoort.

Bor's style of painting was rather at odds with that of contemporary painters from Utrecht. He initially painted rather Caravaggisti-like history paintings, but his works fast became marked by a classicism related to that of his townsman van Campen. Through unusual compositions and primitive technique, his paintings depict strange and mysterious subjects.

Selected works

• The Annunciation of the Virgin's Death (Dutch: De Annunciatie door Gabriël aan de Maagd van haar ophanden zijnde dood), c. 1635–1640 (National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa)

References

• Brienen, Rebecca Parker (2006). "Groningen, Amersfoort, and Amsterdam, c. 1607-1636". Visions of Savage Paradise: Albert Eckhout, Court Painter in Colonial Dutch Brazil. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 978-1-4294-5469-8 – via Google Books.
• Cerinotti, Angela (1999). Atlante della storia della Chiesa: Santi e Beati di ieri e di oggi: Vita di Uomini E Donne Consacrati Al Prossimo Nel Nome Della Fede, Della Speranza e Della Carità̀ [Atlas of Church History: Saints and Blesseds of Yesterday and Today: Life of Men and Women Consecrated to Others in the Name of Faith, Hope and Charity]. Colognola ai Colli (VR): Demetra. ISBN 978-8-84401316-5.
• Haak, Bob (1996). "Jan van Bronchorst and Paulus Bor". In Willems-Treeman, Elizabeth (ed.). The Golden Age: Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang. ISBN 1-55670-484-4 – via Google Books.
• Judson, Jay Richard (1959). Gerrit Van Honthorst: A Discussion of His Position in Dutch Art. Nijhoff – via Google Books.
• Liedtke, Walter A. (2007). Dutch Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. ISBN 978-1-58839-273-2 – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Further reading

• Goosen, Louis (2008). De Andrés a Zaqueo : temas del Nuevo Testamento y la literatura apócrifa en la religión y las artes [From Andrew to Zacchaeus: New Testament themes and apocryphal literature in religion and the arts] (in Spanish). Madrid: Akal. p. 148. ISBN 978-84-460-1050-0 – via Google Books.
• Moltke, Joachim Wolfgang Graf von (1977). Die Gemälde des Paulus Bor von Amersfoort [The paintings of Paulus Bor von Amersfoort] (in German). Aschendorffsche Verlagsbuchhandlung.