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Philips Angel II or Philips Angel van Leiden (c. 1618 in Leiden – after 11 July 1664 in Batavia, Dutch East Indies) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, etcher, writer and colonial administrator. Today he is remembered as the author of a 58-page booklet entitled 'Praise of the Art of Painting' which represents a rare resource for understanding Dutch art theory from the mid-17th century. ==Biography== Philips Angel II's life and work are often mixed up with those of a relative (apparently a cousin), a contemporary painter of the same name (now referred to as Philips Angel I or Philips Angel van Middelburg), who was born in Middelburg in 1616.〔(Philips Angel I ) at the Netherlands Institute for Art History 〕 Philips Angel II was active as a painter in Leiden from 1637 where he is listed as a master painter in 1638.〔 Nothing is known about his training, but some details of his life suggest he had been in contact with Rembrandt shortly before becoming a master painter.〔 He married in 1639. He held a speech at a banquet for the Leiden Guild of Saint Luke on the feast day of Saint Luke on 18 October in 1641. The speech was published in Leiden the following year under the title 'Praise of the Art of Painting' (original title: 'Lof der Schilder-konst'). In the work he praises the work of his Dutch contemporary and fellow Leiden citizen Gerard Dou, a pupil of Rembrandt.〔(Philips Angel II's Lof der Schilder-konst ) at the Digital library for Dutch literature 〕 On 15 December 1643 he drew up a will in Leiden. He signed a document stating he was ceasing all activities as a painter (probably to relieve himself of the duty to pay dues to the guild) in 1645 and joined the Dutch East India Company. In the same year he sailed to Batavia in the Dutch East Indies. Here he would reside with interruptions from 1645 to 1664.〔(Philips Angel II ) at the Netherlands Institute for Art History 〕 In the company of envoy Joan Cunaeus he traveled as a 'Chief Buyer' (in Dutch: opperkoopman) of the Dutch East India Company to Persia where he arrived in Bender-Abassi on 25 December 1651. He visited the ruins of Persepolis on 16 February 1652 and 11 days later took up his new post. With his interpreter Nils Mathson Köping he also traveled to Arabia. When soon thereafter he had to resign because of irregularities in his management, he travelled to Isfahan in Persia.〔 Here he was the drawing master of Shah Abbas II of Persia (1641-1666), grandson of Shah Abbas the Great.〔 In 1656 he was summoned to Batavia to justify himself. As he failed to clear his name he was forced to leave the service of the Dutch East India Company. He was able to obtain other administrative positions in Batavia. Again there were irregularities in his management of affairs and he was removed from all posts on 11 October 1661.〔(Angel, Philips (2) ) in: P.C. Molhuysen en P.J. Blok (red.), Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek. Deel 1. A.W. Sijthoff, Leiden 1911 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Philips Angel II」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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