Karel van Mander III (ca. 1609–1670)

• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• The grandson of Karel van Mander.
• Karel van Mander III was born in Delft.
• According to Houbraken, who confused him with his father Karel van Mander the Younger, he learned to paint from his father and became a good portrait painter.
• His portrait of Christian IV was honored with a poem by Joost van den Vondel.
• His portrait of Vondel with gray hair in the same year was also rewarded with a Vondel poem.
• According to the RKD he was a pupil of his father and was influenced by Frans Hals.
• He worked in Copenhagen in 1631, and travelled to Italy from 1635-1638.
• When he returned North he settled in Copenhagen in the company of Abraham Wuchters.
• He is registered in Amsterdam in 1657 (probably due to the painting mentioned by Vondel). but died in Copenhagen.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Karel van Mander III, The Artist with his Family, 1640.
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