biography
pronunciation:
[klayvuh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1520–67)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Antwerp, N Belgium, the son of Joos van Cleve. He specialized in portraits of the rich Flemish bourgeoisie. In 1554 he went to England, hoping for the patronage of Philip II of Spain, who was there for his marriage to Mary I (Mary Tudor), but his arrival coincided with that of a collection of pictures by Titian and others from Italy, which ousted the Flemish school from royal favour. The disappointment mentally deranged Cornelis, who never entirely recovered, being known thereafter as Sotte (‘mad’) Cleve. |
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