b.Dec. 18, 1631, Emden, East Frisia [Germany]
d.Nov. 17, 1708, Amsterdam, Neth.
Dutch
Ludolf Backhuysen Gallery Related Paintings of Ludolf Backhuysen :. | Ships Running Aground | The Y at Amsterdam, seen from the Mosselsteiger (mussel pier). | Ships on the Zuiderzee before the Fort of Naarden | Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee | The Eendracht and a Fleet of Dutch Men-of-War | Related Artists:
Bartholomeus Spranger1546-1611
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.
Henri Serrur1794-1865
French
Henri Serrur Gallery
Master of the Saint Lucy LegendNetherlandish Northern Renaissance Painter, 15th Century