Cornelis Vermeulen
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Cornelis Vermeulen or Cornelis Martinus Vermeulen (1654/55 in Antwerp – 1708/09 in Antwerp) was a Flemish printmaker mainly known for his portraits, reproductive prints, frontispieces and illustrations. He trained in Antwerp and worked for a number of years in Paris.[1]
He was born in Antwerp in 1654 or 1655 as the son of Geeraert Vermeulen and Christina de Gande.[1] His father was registered in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke as a 'stoffeerder' ('decorator'), and Cornelis was registered as an apprentice with Peeter Clouet (Clouwet) in the Antwerp guild in the guild year 1668–1669. In 1681, he joined the Confraternity of the Bachelors (Sodaliteit van de Bejaerde Jongmans), a fraternity for bachelors established in Antwerp by the Jesuit order.[2]
In the years 1682 to 1683, he was active in Paris, where he moved in the circle of Flemish artists, amongst them the Antwerp battle and portrait painter Constantijn Francken.[1] He was registered as a 'wijnmeester' (i.e. son of a master) in the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp between 18 September 1682 and 18 September 1683.[2] He maintained contact with Paris to which he often returned and where he was connected with the workshop of the Flemish printmaker Gérard Edelinck.[3]
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He married Maria Anna van de Wee before 18 December 1706. The exact time of his death is not known, but it is suggested that he died in Antwerp between 18 September 1708 and 18 September 1709, as his death duties were paid to the Guild during that period.[1] After his death, his widow married the painter Pieter Andreas Rijsbrack.[4]
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