The Fall of Lucifer
1588
Haarlem was a superb Mannerist painter, who often treated subjects in a very satirical fashion, as he does in the painting below. But, though a wonderful painter of figures, there was often something lacking in his treatment of environments. The deficiency is somewhat explained in the fact that there was a long continuation of Mannerism in the North, when the Baroque period was already in full swing (compare, for instance, his near contemporary's work, Rubens', with Haarlem's). But, despite a slight anachronism, he was able to create massive and wonderful paintings.
The Monk and the Nun
1591
Massacre of the Innocents
1591
Bathsheba
1594
Massacre of the Innocents
1590
The Fall of Man
1592
After the Deluge
1588
