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Pissarro

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Autor:
Camille Pissarro
Título:
Self-portrait
Fecha:
1903
Técnica:
Oil on canvas
Medidas:
41 x 33 cm.

Ubicacion:
Tate: gift of Lucien Pissarro, the artist's son, 1931.
Brochure of Exchanging gazes 6

<exchanging gazes> 6: Reflections. From Van Eyck to Magritte

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From 10 June to 15 September 2013

Autor:
Jan van Eyck
Título:
The Annunciation Diptych: The Archangel Gabriel (detail)
Fecha:
c. 1433-1435
Técnica: Oil on panel
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. Nº INV. 137.a (1933.11.1)

Biography and Works

Author:
Hans Cranach
Born/Dead:
Wittenberg (?), ca. 1513-Bologna, 1537
Date:
Works

Biography

Elder son of Lucas Cranach the Elder, the date of Hans’ birth is generally thought to be around 1513. Like his brother, Lucas the Younger, he began to train and work in his father’s workshop in Wittenberg at a very early age. It is thought that from 1527 Hans Cranach was already producing his own works, which are difficult to distinguish from his father’s at this period. A receipt of 1534, in which Hans is stated to be acting on behalf of his father, indicates his level of responsibility in the family enterprise. Around 1537 he made a study trip to Italy, which is documented through his sketchbook, now in the Kesner- Museum in Hanover. It contains drawings of some of the places that he visited and a number of portraits. Hans Cranach died in Bologna on 9 October 1537, and it is not known whether this was his last intended destination or whether his trip would have continued. On his death the humanist and poet Johann Stigel wrote a long poem in praise of his skills as a painter

Over. the past few decades a number of art historians have attempted to establish his oeuvre. Portrait of a bearded Man and Hercules at the Court of Omphale (both Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid) have the monogram “HC” and are his only two signed works. In addition, a number of drawings intended for book illustrations have been attributed to the artist. The exhibition on Cranach held in Stockholm in 1988 added more works to his oeuvre, although his corpus still remains incomplete

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