1546-1611 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.  Related Paintings of Bartholomeus Spranger :. | Vulcan and Maia | The Adoration of the Kings | Epitaph des Goldschmieds Miller | Allegory of Justice (mk05) | Venus and Adonis |
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Eugenio Lucas y Padilla
1824-1870
Marcus Gheeraerts
1561-1636 Flemish Marcus Gheeraerts Gallery
Jens Birkholm
painted Warmehalle in Berlin in 1908