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Pieter Kempeneer, known in Spain as Pedro de Campaña, had a significant presence in Sevillian painting during his stay in that city between 1537 and his return to Brussels in 1562. That was a period o [+]
The term, Master of the Prado Redemption, is a conventional way of designating an unknown artist whose works share an identifiable style. Here, it is used to designate an anonymous painter clearly inf [+]
He was born in Brussels before 1559 and died in Prague in 1606. He worked under the direct orders of the emperor and possible author of his magnificent crown. The work of this artist is characterized [+]
He is known to have signed an apprenticeship contract with well-known painter Luis Tristán in Toledo when he was fourteen years old (1619). That explains his strong tenebrist approach, which decidedly [+]
A Netherlander by birth, Candid moved to Florence with his father, the bronze-caster Elias de Witte, when he was about ten years old. Biographical details are provided by Karel van Mander (1548-1606), [+]
Roger de le Pasture was born in about 1399 in Tournai, then one of the principal towns of France but an enclave in the territories of the dukes of Burgundy. He lived in Tournai and in Brussels, where [+]
He was a Flemish painter specialising in battle painting. According to Van Mander, he received his training with Adam van Noort, although his early works are akin to those of Cornelis Floris and Corne [+]
He was a Flemish painter and drawer. His brothers were Cornelis and Jan de Vos. Just as his brothers did, he studied with David Remeeus and achieved the rank of master around 1620. His first paintings [+]
Painter and engraver. He entered the service of Margaret of Austria in Mechelen in 1529, at a time of renewal of the Flemish tradition in contact with the Italian Renaissance. Highly appreciated at th [+]
He was a Flemish painter. Apprentice to Herman de Ryt from 1614, he visited France, Italy and Germany. In 1625, he returned to Antwerp, where he worked as a master. His work was based on that of Snyde [+]
He was born into a family of artists and his father, David Teniers "the Elder", was his first master; indeed, he is referred to by scholars as "David Teniers II". He joined the Guild of St Luke in 163 [+]
He was a Flemish painter who specialised in cabinet painting with a wide range of themes; from landscape to depictions of art galleries. Born into a Protestant family, he emigrated to Middelburg in hi [+]
Snyders is one of the 17th-century Flemish painters of highest repute, both for his still lifes and for his hunting scenes, and was very well known and appreciated, particularly in Spain. Considering [+]
Although there are no records in the Guild of Saint Luke showing him as a pupil of Sebastian Vrancx, it is evident that he received his initial training from this painter. He subsequently joined the G [+]
Son of a silk merchant, he soon emigrated with his family to the Northern Netherlands, where he converted to Calvinism. He studied painting from 1605, and in 1611, upon returning to Antwerp, he entere [+]
No other 17th-century European painter combined artistic talent, social and economic success and a high cultural level like Rubens. Though primarily a painter, he also made numerous designs for prints [+]
This Spanish painter from the early Andalusian Renaissance was trained in the Spanish-Flemish style but later drew on Italian models present in Cordoba, where he had his workshop from at least 1496. T [+]
As his surname indicates, this painter and sculptor was probably born in the French region of Picardy. He is documented in the parish of San Gil, Burgos, in 1509. He was part of the figurative dialogu [+]