Johannes Moreelse

Johannes Paulus Moreelse, or Johan Pauwelszon Moreelse (c. 1603 – October 1634), was a Dutch baroque painter belonging to the school of Utrecht Caravaggism during the Dutch Golden Age.

Johannes Paulus Moreelse
Born	c. 1603 Zundert, Netherlands
Died	October 1634(1634-10-00) (aged 30–31) Zundert, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Known for	Painting
Movement	Baroque

Life

Moreelse was born in Utrecht, Holland. His father, Paulus Moreelse, was at that time a famous portrait painter.^[1][2] Little is known about his life. Johan Moreelse studied in Utrecht, in the studio of his father, and then in Rome (1627), where he was appointed into a papal knight order.^[1] Moreelse died in his home town during a plague epidemic. His small number of known works were only assigned to him in the 1970s.^[2]

Gallery

• Paintings by Johannes Moreelse
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  Democritus, c. 1630, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands
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  Heraclitus, c. 1630, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands
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  Saint Jean-Baptiste, c. 1630, Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, Lyon, France
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  Clio: Muse of History, c. 1634, National Museum, Warsaw, Poland
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  Portrait of a Man, unknown, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
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  The Repentance of Saint Peter, c. 1630, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'archéologie de Besançon, Besançon, France