Editing Jan van Scorel (section)

==Biography==
[[Image:Janvanscorel.jpg|right|thumb|''Cornelis Aerentsz van der Dussen'' (c. 1535)]]

Van Scorel was born in [[Schoorl]], north of [[Alkmaar]] and close to [[Egmond Abbey]]. It is not known whether he began his studies under the [[Master of Alkmaar]], [[Pieter Gerritsz]] in [[Haarlem]], [[Jacob Cornelisz]] in [[Amsterdam]], or with [[Jan Gossaert]] in [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]], but it is certain that the last two were the master painters he would meet later in his life and who would have the greatest effect on his technique. Van Scorel is recorded in Haarlem in 1517 where he perhaps collaborated with his contemporary [[Maarten van Heemskerck]], who like him, had been born close to Alkmaar (they certainly collaborated in Haarlem in 1528).<ref name=RKD>[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/71591 Jan van Scorel] record at the RKD</ref>

In 1524 Jan Gossaert is recorded at [[Duurstede Castle]], near Utrecht, where Jan van Scorel was his pupil.<ref name=Gossaert>[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/32898 Jan Gossaert] record at the RKD</ref> Van Scorel began traveling through Europe in his early twenties after visiting Utrecht. In 1518–22 he is registered in [[Venice]],<ref name="RKD"/> and along the way, heading to [[Nuremberg]] and then on via [[Austria]] over the Alps.  In the village of [[Obervellach]] in 1520, he completed his first representative work, the "Frangipani-Altar" in St. Martin's church. [[Giorgione]] was a considerable influence on Van Scorel during his tenure in [[Venice]].  After leaving Venice,<ref name=RKD /> Van Scorel was in [[Rome]] from 1522 to 1524 and made a pilgrimage to the [[Holy Land]].  His experiences in [[Jerusalem]] are depicted in many of his later works. Perhaps Van Scorel's example encouraged Van Heemskerck to travel to Rome himself later.

In 1521, Van Scorel returned to Rome where he met the Dutch pope [[Pope Adrian VI]], who he may have met earlier in Utrecht. The pope appointed him painter to the [[Holy See|Vatican]].  The pope sat for a portrait by Van Scorel.  Van Scorel underwent the influence of [[Michelangelo]] and [[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]] and succeeded Raphael as Keeper of the [[Cortile del Belvedere|Belvedere]].

Upon his return to the Netherlands in 1524, he settled in Utrecht<ref name=RKD /> where he began a successful career as a painter and a teacher. Van Scorel was a very educated man and skilled as an engineer and an architect, as well as an artist.  He was also multi-lingual, no doubt as a result of his travels. He made the plans for building a [[polder]] in his native [[North Holland]], called the [[:nl:Zijpe- en Hazepolder|Zijpe- en Hazepolder]], that was later financed by his friend from [[Antwerp]], the merchant Servaes de Haese.<ref>[http://www.zijpermuseum.nl/cgi-bin/objecten.pl?type=add&file=2005b.jpg Map by Van Scorel] in Ziper museum</ref> Perhaps because of the work on this polder, he is registered in Haarlem in 1528,<ref name=RKD /> where he collaborated with Heemskerck and assisted with the school there that [[Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert]] would later run.
[[File:Jan van Scorel - Maria Magdalena (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam version) - 2.jpg|thumb|''[[Mary Magdalene (Scorel)|Mary Magdalene]]'', circa 1530]]

Considered to be the leading [[Netherlandish]] [[Romanism (painting)|Romanist]], Van Scorel moved to [[Ghent]] for painting contracts before returning to Utrecht for the same reason, where he died in 1562, leaving behind a wealth of portraits and altarpieces.  Though many of his works fell victim to the [[Iconoclasm]] in 1566, some still remain and can be seen primarily at museums in the Netherlands.