Self-portrait from Triptych of the Virtue of Patience
Born
Bernard van Orley
between 1487 and 1491
Brussels
Died
6 January 1541
Brussels
Nationality
Flemish
Education
Father's workshop
Known for
Painting, tapestry cartoons, stained glass
Notable work
Hunts of Maximilian tapestries
Movement
Northern Renaissance
Patron(s)
Margaret of Austria
Bernard van Orley (between 1487 and 1491 – 6 January 1541), also called Barend or Barent van Orley, Bernaert van Orley or Barend van Brussel, was a versatile Flemish artist and representative of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, who was equally active as a designer of tapestries and, at the end of his life, stained glass. Although he never visited Italy, he belongs to the group of Italianizing Flemish painters called the Romanists, who were influenced by Italian Renaissance painting, in his case especially by Raphael.[1]
He was born and died in Brussels and "served as a sort of commissioner of the arts for the Brussels town council". He was the court artist of the Habsburg rulers. He was extremely productive, concentrating on the design of his works, and leaving their execution largely to others, in the case of painting, and entirely so, in the case of the tapestries and stained glass. This he may have learned from Raphael, whose workshop in Rome was unprecedentedly large.[2]
Due to his reliance on workshop execution, his many surviving works vary considerably in quality. Many drawings, mostly studies for designs for tapestries and stained glass, also survive.[3] He or his workshop would have produced full-scale cartoons for the tapestries, but these were normally lost in the course of weaving, when they were cut into strips. The prevalent subject matter of his paintings are religious scenes and portraits, and he painted only a limited number of mythological and allegorical subjects. His portraits mostly depict members of the Habsburg dynasty and were produced in multiple versions by his workshop. The subject matter of his tapestries was more varied, reflecting the normal range of that medium, from biblical cycles to allegories, battle and hunting scenes.
His father had been a tapestry designer in Brussels, and several of Bernard's descendants were artists. A number of them were still active in the 18th century.
BernardvanOrley (between 1487 and 1491 – 6 January 1541), also called Barend or Barent vanOrley, Bernaert vanOrley or Barend van Brussel, was a versatile...
University Press, 2016. ISBN 9780691172286 Koldeweij, Jos & Vermet, Bernard & van Kooij, Barbera. Hieronymus Bosch. New Insights Into His Life and Work...
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'Raphael' tapestries. The prominent painter and tapestry designer BernardvanOrley (who trained in Italy) transmuted the Raphaelesque monumental figures...
Jan vanOrley or Jan vanOrley II (4 January 1665, in Brussels – 22 February 1735, in Brussels) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman, printmaker and designer...
accounts. A suite of seven Brussels tapestries after cartoons by BernardvanOrley (above right) celebrate the Imperial–Spanish victory. They are kept...
Richard vanOrley or Richard vanOrley II (16 July 1663, in Brussels – 20 June 1732, in Brussels) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman, printmaker. His collaboration...
Jan van Eyck (/væn ˈaɪk/ van EYEK, Dutch: [ˈjɑɱ vɑn ˈɛik]; c. before 1390 – 9 July 1441) was a Flemish painter active in Bruges who was one of the early...
scholars have identified the sitter in the past with the Flemish painter BernardvanOrley from Brussels whom Dürer met during his stay in Brussels. This view...
(1953), Jean Marais (1955), Pedro Armendáriz (1956), Claude Titre (1962), Bernard Pierre Donnadieu (1990), Timothy West (1998), Emmanuel Leconte (2007–2010)...
Raphael's circle are discussed below. It has been claimed the Flemish BernardvanOrley worked for Raphael for a time, and Luca Penni, brother of Gianfrancesco...
landscape painter of the Netherlandish Renaissance Joos van Cleve (Flemish, 1485–1540) BernardvanOrley (Flemish, 1488–1541) Hans Springinklee (German, 1490–1540)...
trained with a "Bernardvan Brussel" (Bernard from Brussels). It is therefore reasonable to conclude that Coxie was a pupil of BernardvanOrley. Even so, due...
Maximilian) was a series of twelve huge Brussels tapestries designed by BernardvanOrley in the 1530s for the Habsburgs, one of the most successful efforts...
Rogier van der Weyden (Dutch: [roːˈɣiːr vɑn dər ˈʋɛidə(n)]) or Roger de la Pasture (1399 or 1400 – 18 June 1464) was an early Netherlandish painter whose...
Hubert van Eyck (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦybɛrt vɑn ˈɛik]) or Huybrecht van Eyck (c. 1385/90 – 18 September 1426) was an Early Netherlandish painter and...
2001(a). ISBN 0-8109-6735-9. Koldeweij, A. M. (Jos) and Vermet, Bernard M. with Kooy, Barbera van (edit.) Hieronymus Bosch: New Insights Into His Life and Work...
one of the most significant of the Brussels school painters before BernardvanOrley. However only a handful of his works have survived, and even these...
Institute for Art History". Rkd.nl. Retrieved 2014-03-11. "Portret vanBernardVanOrley". lib.ugent.be. Retrieved 2020-10-02. Chisholm 1911. Cumberland...
van der Weyden; his work also shares characteristics with that of BernardvanOrley, and a link with the Master of the Death of the Virgin (Joos Van Cleve)...
refers to these tapestries. They were almost certainly designed by BernardvanOrley, the leading tapestry designer of the day, perhaps between 1528 and...
of three other similar panels), was a master painter who, along with Jan van Eyck, initiated the development of Early Netherlandish painting, a key development...
1521 Charlemagne protecting Charles V, window by Jan Haeck after BernardvanOrley, 1538, Brussels Cathedral Charlemagne portrait in Sebastian Münster's...
moved to the Netherlands and spent time in the Brussels workshop of Rogier van der Weyden. In 1465 he was made a citizen of Bruges, where he became one...
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