(bapt Midden-Beemster, nr Hoorn, 27 Feb 1622; d Delft, 12 Oct 1654). Painter. His oeuvre consists of a scant dozen paintings, since research has rigorously discounted many previously attributed works. These few paintings, however, document the painter’s unique development within his brief 12-year career. He is often mentioned as being the link between Rembrandt and the Delft school, particularly Pieter de Hooch and Jan Vermeer, whose depiction of light owes much to Fabritius’s late works in which his use of cool silvery colours to define forms in space marks a radical departure from Rembrandt’s use of chiaroscuro.

Part of the Fabritius family

• Fabritius, Carel
  • Netherlands,the, §III, 4(vi): Painting and graphic arts, c 1550–c 1680: Delft
  • attributions
    • Fabritius: (2) Barent Fabritius, §3: Critical reception and posthumous reputation
  • groups and movements
    • Delft school (i)
  • methods
    • Perspective, §II, 3: Linear: Anamorphic, curvilinear and orthographic
  • patrons and collectors
    • Boymans , F. J. O.
  • pupils
    • Vermeer, Johannes, §I: Life and work
  • teachers
    • Fabritius
    • Netherlands, the, §III, 4(iv): Painting and graphic arts, c 1550–c 1680: Amsterdam
  • works
    • Delft, §2: Art life and organization
    • Fabritius: (1) Carel Fabritius, §2: Work