Karel van Mander the Younger

The younger van Mander was born in Kortrijk. According to Houbraken, he learned to paint from his father and became a good portrait painter.^[1] He moved to Copenhagen where he was court painter to the King.^[1] His portrait of Frederik III was honored with a poem by Joost van den Vondel.^[1]

According to the RKD he became a member of the Delft Guild of St. Luke in 1613.^[2] He designed a series of tapestries for Christian IV of Denmark and lived for a period both in Copenhagen and Delft, where he died.^[2] He was the teacher of Joris van Lier and Karel van Mander III.^[2] It was his son who became court painter to Christian IV.^[2]

• Karel van Mander II on Artnet

• Vermeer and The Delft School, a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Karel van Mander the Younger

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