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Anton Stevens
Anton Stevens (ca. 1608 – perhaps 1675)[1] was a Bohemian painter active in the second third of the 17th century. Besides Karel Škréta he was another important promoter of early Baroque painting in the country.
Life
Anton Stevens, born in Prague, mastered the basics of the painting craft with his father, the Rudolfine landscape painter Pieter Stevens (perhaps 1567 – after 1626), who had settled in the city by 1590. In 1629–1635, the young Stevens made a study trip abroad (p

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Bernardo Germán de Llórente
Bernardo Germán de Llórente[1] (1685 – 1757) was a Spanish painter of the late-Baroque period. He was active in Seville where he was one of the followers of Murillo and made a name with his devotional paintings of the Virgin Mary. He also painted portraits and still lifes with trompe-l'œil effects.
Life
Bernardo Germán de Llórente was born and died in Seville. He likely first studied with his father and was then a pupil of Cristóbal López, a modest 'market painter' who was

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Feb 212 min read


Andrzej Bemer
Andrzej Bemer[1] (German: Andreas Bemer; died ca. 1626) was a 17th-century sculptor and architect, active in Poland and in Silesia, probably of German or Czech ancestry. Born in Breslau, early in his career he moved to Lesser Poland. There he authored or co-authored numerous churches and chapels. Among them are the Bernardine Church, the Chapel of Boim family (attributed) and the town hall's tower, all located in Lwów (modern Lviv, Ukraine).

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Feb 111 min read


Andrea Procaccini
Andrea Procaccini (14 January 1671 – 24 June 1734) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Rome as well as in Spain. He painted for the royal family of Philip V for over a decade.
Biography
Early career
Procaccini was born in Rome on 14 January 1671. He trained in the studio of Carlo Maratta. In his early career, Procaccini painted mostly religious works. Pope Pius V Triumphant over the Turks (1712; Rome, Santa Maria sopra Minerva) is his best-known altarpi

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Feb 113 min read


Alonso Miguel de Tovar
Alonso Miguel de Tovar, sometimes (less correctly) called Tobar (1678–1752) was a Spanish baroque painter, appointed court painter by Philip V in 1723.
Early career
Alonso Miguel de Tovar was born in Higuera de la Sierra, near Aracena. in 1678, to a secondary and empoverished branch of the illustrious Tovar family, of the Lords of Tovar, later Marquesses of Berlanga. He trained in Seville under Juan Antonio Ossorio and Juan Antonio Fajardo, having executed numerous reli

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Feb 102 min read


Hans Hysing
Hans Huyssing or Hans Hysing (1678–1752 or 1753) was a Swedish-born portrait painter who worked in England.
Biography
Hysing was born

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Nov 18, 20241 min read


Diego de Aguilar
Diego de Aguilar (active 1587) was a Spanish painter, of the Renaissance period, active in Toledo. He painted mainly devotional works. Survi

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Nov 17, 20241 min read


Ignazio Stern
Ignazio Stern (or Ignaz Stern) (January 17, 1679 – May 28, 1748), born in Mauerkirchen in Austria, was a Baroque painter who worked in Rome,

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Nov 16, 20241 min read


Peter Strudel
Peter Strudel or Peter Strudl (ca. 1660 – 4 October 1714) was an Austrian sculptor and painter. His work forms the transition of Austria to

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Nov 10, 20242 min read


Anders Been
Anders Been later Andreas von Behn (1650–1730), was a Norwegian painter and court dwarf in service of the Swedish queen dowager Hedwig Eleon

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Nov 10, 20241 min read


Teodor Lubieniecki
Teodor Bogdan Lubieniecki (c. 1654, Czarkowy – 1718, Nowy Korczyn) was a Polish Baroque painter and engraver.
Biography
Teodor and his

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Nov 10, 20241 min read


Krzysztof Boguszewski
Krzysztof Boguszewski of Ostoja coat of arms, Clan Ostoja (died 1635) was a Polish Baroque painter.
He was son of August and raised in Cheł

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Nov 9, 20241 min read


Magnus Berg
Magnus Berg (28 November 1666 – 31 March 1739) was a Norwegian-born wood carver, painter, sculptor and non-fiction writer who settled in Den

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Nov 9, 20241 min read


Ottmar Elliger the Younger
Ottomar or Ottmar Elliger the Younger (1666–1735) was a Dutch painter from Germany.
Biography
He was born in Hamburg as the son of the

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Nov 7, 20241 min read


Gaspar Dias
Gaspar Dias (died 1671), a Portuguese painter, studied at Rome under Raphael and Michelangelo, and on his return home devoted himself to the

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Nov 5, 20241 min read


Johann Kerseboom
Johann Kerseboom (died 26 October 1708) was a German painter. His date of birth is not known.
Kerseboom was born as Johann Kirschbaum in Ge

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Nov 4, 20241 min read


Jan Jiří Heinsch
Jan Jiří Heinsch or Heintsch (German: Johann Georg Heinsch; c. 1647 – September 9, 1712) was a Czech-German Baroque style artist. Heinsch pr

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Nov 4, 20242 min read


Andreas Møller
Andreas Møller (German: Andreas Möller; 30 November 1684 – c. 1762) was a Danish portrait painter and pioneer of miniature painting who work

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Oct 30, 20241 min read


Georg Desmarées
Georg Desmarées or Des Marées, (29 October 1697 – 3 October 1776) was a Swedish-born German portrait painter.
Biography
Desmarées was

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Oct 30, 20241 min read


Fabrizio Castello
Fabrizio Castello (1562–1617) was an Italian painter of Genoese origin settled in Spain. He was a fresco painter who specialized in ornament

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Oct 28, 20243 min read
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