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Bartholomeus Spranger
1546-1611
Flemish
Bartholomeus Spranger Gallery
Bartholomeus (Bartholomaeus) Spranger (21 March 1546??August 1611) was a Flemish Mannerist painter, draughtsman, and etcher. He was born in Antwerp.
In 1565, he traveled to Paris and Italy after finishing his studies. He worked on wall paintings in various churches. At Rome, Pope Pius V appointed him court painter in 1570. In 1581 he was appointed to the Prague court of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor.
Hendrik Goltzius made engravings of his paintings, thus increasing Spranger's fame. Spranger's Mannerist paintings depict nudes in various complex poses.
He died in Prague.
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Painting ID:: 3753
Vulcan and Maia
1590
Art History Museum, Vienna
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Painting ID:: 3754
Venus and Adonis
Art History Museum, Vienna
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Painting ID:: 20359
Allegory of Justice (mk05)
Canvas,51 1/2 x 41 1/2''(131 x 106 cm).Acquired in 1936
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Painting ID:: 31383
Venus and Adonis
nn07
c.1597
Oil on canvas, 163 x 104,3 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
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Painting ID:: 42674
Vulcanus and Maia
mk169
ca. 1590 Buyer 23x18cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Weep
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Bartholomeus Spranger
1546-1611
Flemish
Bartholomeus Spranger Gallery
Bartholomeus (Bartholomaeus) Spranger (21 March 1546??August 1611) was a Flemish Mannerist painter, draughtsman, and etcher. He was born in Antwerp.
In 1565, he traveled to Paris and Italy after finishing his studies. He worked on wall paintings in various churches. At Rome, Pope Pius V appointed him court painter in 1570. In 1581 he was appointed to the Prague court of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor.
Hendrik Goltzius made engravings of his paintings, thus increasing Spranger's fame. Spranger's Mannerist paintings depict nudes in various complex poses.
He died in Prague.
. Related Artists to Bartholomeus Spranger: | Pierre Pater The Elder | Francois Joseph Kinson | Mercier, Philippe | David Martin | Lucas Cranach the Elder |
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