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Karel Škréta

1610-1674 Czech Republic/Baroque

 

Brief Biography-Karel Škréta was born in Prague in 1610. Aegidius Sadeler possibly tutored him. However, being a protestant, he fled to Saxony with his mother in 1628. From 1629 to 1634, he lived in Venice and visited Florence. After that, he went to Rome for two years, joining the Bentvueghels taking the name Slagzwaart. He was successful as a portraitist and settled back in Prague in 1638, where he also undertook altarpiece commissions. He died in Prague in 1674.

 

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Birth of Saint
Wenceslaus

Birth of Saint Wenceslaus

Dido
and Aeneas

Dido and Aeneas

The Gem Cutter
Dionisio Miseroni

The Gem Cutter Dionisio Miseroni and his Family

Malteserpriors
Bernard de Witte

Malteserpriors Bernard de Witte

Jan
Hartvik

Jan Hartvik Count of Nostic-Rieneck

Miniature
Painter

Miniature Painter

Saint
Catherine-

Saint Catherine-Patron Saint of the Philosophers

Self-
portrait

Self-portrait

So Called
Mathematician

So Called Mathematician with his Wife