Maarten van Heemskerck 1498-1574Maarten van Heemskerck (1498 1574) is one of the most important northern Netherlandish artists of the sixteenth century. His earliest paintings already testify to his masterful creativity and originality and a period spent in Rome in 1532 1536 1537 would define his further career. The antique art and masterpieces of Italian artists like Michelangelo and Raphael that he saw there made a deep impression on him, fuelling a radical change in his style and