Aert Mijtens

Aert Mijtens (ca.1541, Brussels – 1602, Rome), was a Flemish Renaissance painter.

Biography

According to Karel van Mander he travelled to Rome where he was called Renaldo and became a friend of the painter Hans Speckaert. He painted in the studio of another Flemish painter there called Anthoni Santvoort, called the green Anthonis, who painted Marias (Maria Magior) on copper.^[1]

According to the RKD is the oldest known painter in a family of painters named Mijtens or Mytens. He was the uncle of the court painter Daniel Mijtens and Isaac Mijtens. He was active in Brussels, Rome, Naples, Aquila, and The Hague. He became the teacher of Barend van Someren. ^[2]

References

^ (Dutch) Aert Mijtens in Karel van Mander's Schilder-boeck, 1604, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
^ Aert Mijtens in the RKD

Aert Mijtens on Artnet

Persondata
Name	Mijtens, Aert
Alternative names	Rinaldo Fiammingo
Short description	painter
Date of birth	c. 1541
Place of birth	Brussels
Date of death	1602
Place of death	Rome