Karel de Moor (1655–1738)

• Was a Dutch painter.
• Carel de Moor was born in Leiden.
• Houbraken met him in person at the atelier of Godfried Schalcken when he was completing his education there.
• According to the RKD he was the son of a Leiden painter of the same name and a pupil of Dou, Frans van Mieris, Godfried Schalcken, and Abraham van den Tempel.
• He became a member of the Leiden Guild of St. Luke in 1683.
• Became deacon many times over in the years 1688–1711.
• His own pupils later were Pieter Lyonet, Andrei Matveev, his own son Carel Isaak de Moor, Arent Pijl, Arnout Rentinck, Nicolaas Six and Mattheus Verheyden.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Carel de Moor, Self-Portrait, 1675 - 1680
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