Antonis mor biography sample

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1519–1575)

Anthonis Mor, also known as Anthonis Mor van Dashorst and Antonio Moro (c.

1517 – 1577), was a Netherlandishportrait painter, much in demand by the courts of Europe. He has also been referred to as Antoon, Anthonius, Anthonis or Mor van Dashorst, and as Antonio Moro, António Mouro, Anthony More, etc., but signed most of his portraits as Anthonis Mor.^[1]

Mor developed a formal style for court portraits, largely based on Titian, that was extremely influential on court painters across Europe, especially in the Iberian Peninsula, where it created a tradition that led to Diego Velázquez.

The image appears to subsume Mary's position as the queen of England into her role as Habsburg consort.

Antonis Mor ( - ) was active/lived in Belgium, Netherlands.

He was fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and French, transforming himself into a versatile courtier, well adapted in Habsburg Spain as he was in Valois France.

Woodall, 'An Exemplary Consort: Antonis Mor's Portrait of Mary Tudor', Art History 77 He takes the Spanish example of Anthonis Mor's Ana de Austria (fig).

Far from the naturalistic likenesses provided early in Philip II's reign by Antonis Mor, Pantoja's portraits present a regal icon transcending traditional.

It can include considerable psychological penetration, especially in portraits of men, but always gives the subject a grand and self-possessed air.

Early life and education

Mor was born in Utrecht, Netherlands, by some estimation between 1516 and 1520.

Little is known about his early life, except that his artistic edu