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 Bartholomaus
(Bartholomaeus) Spranger was a Flemish Mannerist painter, draughtsman,
and etcher. He was born in Antwerp and active in Italy, Austria, and
Bohemia. With Hans von Aachen and Josef Heinz he was one of the most
important artists at the Prague court of Emperor Rudolf II.
In 1565
Spranger traveled to Italy, staying for some months in Milan and Parma,
before going to Rome. There he entered the service of Cardinal
Alessandro Farnese, for whom he also worked at Caprarola, and later of
Pope Pius V. On the recommendation of his compatriot the sculptor
Giambologna, he took an appointment at the court of the Habsburg Emperor
Maximilian II in Vienna (1575). After Maximilian's death in 1576,
Spranger was taken into the employ of his successor Rudolf II, and moved
with the imperial court to Prague.
He painted mythologies and learned
allegories, often featuring female nudes, in a refined and mannered
style that owed much to the elegant mode of figure drawing of Correggio
and Parmigianino (Triumph of Wisdom, c.1591; Vienna,
Kunsthistorisches Museum). While in Rome, Spranger had made the
acquaintance of Karel van Mander, and it was through van Mander that his
style was introduced to Goltzius and thus formed the basis of Haarlem
Mannerism.
Collections
Spranger is represented in the following collections: Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam; Koninklijk Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp;
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; The Louvre, Paris; Musée des Beaux
Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon, France; National Gallery, London;
Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan; State Museums of Florence; Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York; Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Yale University
Art Gallery, New Haven, amongst others.
Source:
Sphinx Fine Art
http://www.sphinxfineart.com/Spranger-Bartholom%C3%A4us-Desktop
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