1498-1574
Flemish Maerten Jacobsz van Heemskerck Gallery Related Paintings of Maerten Jacobsz van Heemskerck :. | Richard Llwyd | Moses and the Golden Calf fgg | Havest at La Crau,wtih Mountmajour in the Background (nn04) | Wladyslaw the Elbow-high near Ojcow | Young Girls in the Rowing Boat | Related Artists: Bryson Burroughs 1869-1934 Fidelia Bridges 1835-1923
Fidelia Bridges Gallery Jacob Grimmer (ca. 1526-1590) was a Flemish Renaissance landscape painter.
Grimmer was born and died in Antwerp. According to Karel van Mander he first learned to paint landscapes from Matthys Cock and later from Christiaen Queburgh, both of Antwerp. He was a very skilled painter of houses, sky, and foreground views. He was a member of the Guild of St. Luke who was active as a rederijker and acted in many plays.
According to the RKD his earliest dated work is from 1546 and his latest dated work was 1589. Most of his works are landscapes and he worked together with Gillis Mostaert. Abel Grimmer was his son and pupil.