Karel van Mander the Younger

Karel van Mander the Younger (1579–1623) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and the son of Karel van Mander.

Biography The younger van Mander was born in Kortrijk. According to Houbraken, he learned to paint from his father and became a good portrait painter. He moved to Copenhagen where he was court painter to the King. He designed a series of tapestries for Christian IV of Denmark and lived for a period both in Copenhagen and Delft, where he died. He was the teacher of Joris van Lier and Karel van Mander III. It was his son who became court painter to Christian IV.