Marinus van Reymerswaele

Marinus van Reymerswaele or Marinus van Reymerswale (c. 1490 – c. 1546) was a Dutch Renaissance painter mainly known for his genre scenes and religious compositions. After studying in Leuven and training and working as an artist in Antwerp, he returned later to work in his native Northern Netherlands. He operated a large workshop which produced many versions of mainly four themes: tax collectors, a money changer and his wife, a lawyer in his office, the calling of St. Matthew and St. Jerome in his study.

Biography Marinus van Reymerswaele was born in the city of Reimerswaal and he also derives his last name from this city. He was registered in February 1504 as a student at the University of Leuven. He was registered in 1509 in the Liggeren of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke as a pupil of Symon van Daele, a glass painter. Saint Jerome (1521) The Virgin nursing the Child (1525-50) The moneychanger and his wife (1538) displayed permanently at the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso (Segovia) The moneychanger and his wife (1539) Saint Jerome in his study (1541) Madrid, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando St. Jerome in his cell (1535) Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza The Calling of St. Matthew (ca. 1530) München, Alte Pinakothek A lawyer (1542) The moneychanger and his wife (1538) Naples, Palazzo Reale di Capodimonte Two tax collectors New Orleans, New Orleans Museum of Art The lawyer’s office (1543) Paris, Louvre Two tax collectors (ca. 1540) Saint Petersburg, Hermitage Two tax collectors Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum Saint Jerome in his study The Unjust Steward

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