Maarten van Heemskerck

Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574) As his name suggests, Maarten van Heemskerck was born in Heemskerk. In Haarlem, he was taught by Cornelis Willemsz and the latter’s pupil Jan van Scorel. Like Scorel, in 1532 Van Heemskerck travelled to Rome. There he studied Classical architecture and Renaissance art. Four years later he returned and settled in Haarlem, where he remaine...