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Karel skreta
(1610, Prague - July 30, 1674, Prague) was a Czech Baroque painter.
Karel learnt painting perhaps from one of the masters at the royal courtyard. He studied in Saxony and in Italy. According to Houbraken he painted portraits and lived together with the respected watercolor painter Willem Bouwer in Rome. He became a member of the Bentvueghels with the nickname Slagzwaart or Slach-sweerd.According to the RKD he was the teacher of the Prague painter Johann Georg Heinsch (1640-1713).
Since 1638 he lived in Prague, where he worked on altarpieces for many churches, for example St. Thomas, St. Stephen or the Church of Our Lady in front of Týn.
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Painting ID:: 79613
Selbstportrat auf dem Bild des Hl. Karl Borromaus
1647
Oil on canvas
210 x 247,5 cm
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Painting ID:: 83040
Portrat eines Mannes mit langem
1630-1640
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Deutsch: 114,5 x 87 cm
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Painting ID:: 97213
Birth of St Wenceslaus
1640(1640)
Medium oil on canvas
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Karel skreta
(1610, Prague - July 30, 1674, Prague) was a Czech Baroque painter.
Karel learnt painting perhaps from one of the masters at the royal courtyard. He studied in Saxony and in Italy. According to Houbraken he painted portraits and lived together with the respected watercolor painter Willem Bouwer in Rome. He became a member of the Bentvueghels with the nickname Slagzwaart or Slach-sweerd.According to the RKD he was the teacher of the Prague painter Johann Georg Heinsch (1640-1713).
Since 1638 he lived in Prague, where he worked on altarpieces for many churches, for example St. Thomas, St. Stephen or the Church of Our Lady in front of Týn.
. Related Artists to Karel skreta: | Giovanni Domenico Cerrini | Sir William Beechey | Antwerp of Leiden | Edwin Douglas | Adolf von Hildebrand |
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