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Van der Geest made his debut as children's writer in 2009 with the book Geel Gras. [1] [2] He won the Gouden Griffel award twice: in 2011 for his book Dissus and in 2013 for his book Spinder. [1] [2] [3] He also won the Jan Wolkers Prijs 2013 for the book Spinder. [4] [5]
English: The The left side of the painting includes various portraits of contemporaneous figures, including (from the left) Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia of Spain, Archduke Albert of Austria, Peter Paul Rubens, Prince Władysław Vasa of Poland (who visited van der Geest's Gallery in 1624, with black hat) and the host showing a picture.
He is best known today for his art collection. [2] He was portrayed repeatedly by Anthony van Dyck including in the 1620 Portrait of Cornelis van der Geest. Willem van Haecht, whom he had hired as curator, painted his "constcammer" several times, including a view of the visit of Albert VII, Archduke of Austria and Isabella Clara Eugenia to his art collection.
Around 1620, when the portrait was executed, van Dyck was 21 years old, and the subject of the painting, Cornelis van der Geest, was 65. It is one of van Dyck's earliest works but is considered a masterpiece. Van der Geest, a wealthy spice merchant from Antwerp, was an avid art collector and commissioned the painting. [1]
Van Haecht became a master in Antwerp's guild of St. Luke in 1626 and from 1628 onwards was the curator of the art collection owned by Cornelis van der Geest. This collection is represented in allegorical terms in the Gallery of Cornelis van der Geest (1628; Rubenshuis, Antwerp).
The earliest-known publication listing the members is the book by Arnold Houbraken, an artist and engraver who never traveled to Italy, but who used the Bentvueghels membership list as a source for his book, De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen, in 1718.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States.
This painting was formerly in the collection of Cornelis van der Geest and can be seen in two paintings of his art gallery in the 1630s by Willem van Haecht. Alexander the Great visits the studio of Apelles , 1628-1637