CAREL DE MOOR 1655-1738

Carel de Moor (1655-1738). His Life and Work, a monograph and ouvre catalogue, is the first scholarly study of one of the most important Dutch portrait painters of his time. The book includes a comprehensive biography, which explores Carel de Moor''s
life and multi-faceted career within the context of the economic, political, and social history of the Dutch Republic.
As a result of the authors'' thorough investigation of De Moor''s client networks, several hitherto unknown sitters have now
been identified; other sitters have been provided with new identities.
The Catalogue Raisonne, arranged chronologically within the categories of portraits, history, pastoral scenes, genre and still life, allows us to view De Moor''s ouvre in its
totality, to compare his work with that of his predecessors and contemporaries, and to evaluate the development of his artistic style.
Given that De Moor''s career mostly took place in the eighteenth century, this publication also adds significa
ntly to the corpus of studies of Netherlandish art produced between 1680 and 1750 - a period largely ignored by art historians. As De Moor''s work convincingly demonstrates, this lack of interest is entirely unjustified