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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 [+]
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 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 [+]
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 [+]
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 [+]
Because all the information that we have on Clara Peeters comes from her paintings, we have to content ourselves with trying to piece together a limited biography. Her first picture dates from 1607. H [+]
This artist born on the banks of the Meuse River is considered the first Flemish landscape painter. His vast, highly personal landscapes are characterized by large expanses of terrain with high horizo [+]
Probably at the instigation of the architect Vignola (1507-1573), Passerotti received his education in Rome, as the pupil of Taddeo Zuccaro (1529-1566). He remained there for around fifteen years, dur [+]
This Spanish painter from the school of Hispano-Flemish painting in Castile was active in the regions of Palencia and Burgos. Originally from Rioja, Juan de Nalda completed his training in Avignon, in [+]
Born around the end of the second decade of the 16th century, Anthony More trained with the Romanist painter Jan van Scorel, a prominent portraitist and excellent connoisseur of the Italian cultural s [+]
A Spanish painter from Madrid whose father, Jerónimo de Loarte was also a painter and probably Alejandro's first teacher. Little is known abut this artist as he is not mentioned by his contemporaries. [+]