Palamedes Palamedesz
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Palamedes Palamedesz was a Dutch Golden Age
painter, and younger brother of Anthonie Palamedes
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, which he did so well that he became very well known. His motto was "to begin from the beginning", but his beginning was only just started when he died at 31 on March 26th, 1638.
Palamedes primarily painted battle scenes that were mentioned in Cornelis de Bie
's Het Gulden Cabinet
. His brother became a respected portrait painter. According to the RKD, he was in Antwerp in 1631, but returned to Delft in 1632.
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, and younger brother of Anthonie Palamedes
Anthonie Palamedes
Anthonie Palamedes, also Anthonie or Antonie Palamedesz., , was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter.-Biography:...
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Biography
According to Houbraken, his father was a Flemish sculptor who carved semi-precious stone such as Jasper, Porphyry, and Agate into vases and other decorative art. His father had traveled to England in service of King James of Scotland, but after young Palamedes was born the family returned to Delft where the boys grew up. Houbraken mentions that his talent was so good that Palamedes became a master without having had a master, and only practised by copying the works of Esaias van de VeldeEsaias van de Velde
Esaias van de Velde was a Dutch landscape painter.-Biography:Born in Amsterdam, where his Flemish father Hans had fled as a Protestant in 1585, he probably studied under his father and Gillis van Coninxloo, a landscape painter from Antwerp and a follower of Pieter Brueghel the Elder...
, which he did so well that he became very well known. His motto was "to begin from the beginning", but his beginning was only just started when he died at 31 on March 26th, 1638.
Palamedes primarily painted battle scenes that were mentioned in Cornelis de Bie
Cornelis de Bie
Cornelis de Bie was a Brabant rederijker, poet, jurist and minor politician from Lier.He is the author of about 64 works, mostly comedies...
's Het Gulden Cabinet
Het Gulden Cabinet
The Golden Cabinet of the Noble Free Art of Painting, or Het Gulden Cabinet vande Edel Vry Schilder-Const, as it was originally known in Dutch, is a series of artist biographies and panegyrics with engraved portraits written by the 17th century notary and rederijker Cornelis de Bie...
. His brother became a respected portrait painter. According to the RKD, he was in Antwerp in 1631, but returned to Delft in 1632.