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Paulus Moreelse participated in Utrecht’s artistic and civic life during the early seventeenth century. Born around 1571, he died in 1638. He is best known as a portrait painter, although he also treated pastoral and mythological subjects. In 1611 he became the first dean of the newly founded Guild of Saint Luke. His sitters included prosperous citizens who, like the painter himself, took part in city government.
The portraits of Philips Ram and his wife Anna Strick, painted in 1625, represent this urban clientele and Moreelse’s attention to fabrics. Portrait of a Man, Probably from the Pauw Family, dated 1625 and on loan to the Rijksmuseum, retains its original frame. The sitter’s identity remains uncertain: his restrained fashionable dress communicates social standing more securely than it establishes a name.
This profile brings together identity references for Paulus Moreelse and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Oil on canvas
Nachfolger um 1800 Die schöne Schäferin
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2025-09-12
Published result : 800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Oil on canvas
Nachfolger des 17.Jhs
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2023-09-22
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 1500–2500
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Oil on wood
Nachfolger Portrait einer jungen Dame mit Perlenkette
Öl auf Holz
Catalogue period : 2017-09-22
Published result : 2800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2600–3400
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Oil on wood
Kopie d
Öl auf Holz
Attribution ou qualification signalée dans le catalogue
Catalogue period : 2021-09-13
Attribution recorded in catalogue
Published result : 600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 600–800
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