Artwork Info: Jacob Willemsz van Veen (1456–1535), the Artist's Father

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Jacob Willemsz van Veen (1456–1535), the Artist's Father

Maarten Van Heemskerck (? – ?)

Maarten van Heemskerck was a pivotal figure in Dutch Expressionism and Informel painting, renowned for his abstract compositions like 'Composition with Red' and pioneering use of industrial materials; discover the dynamic energy within his groundbreaking work.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (new york, United States of America)

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This sober image of the artist’s father was painted the year Maarten left his hometown of Haarlem for an extended trip to Italy. The inscription in Dutch on the parapet speaks in the sitter’s voice: "My son portrayed me here when I had lived seventy-five years, so they say." A direct gaze confronts the viewer with the presence of a stern man nearing the end of his life. Several years later, Jacob died at the age of seventy-nine, while Maarten was still abroad.