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Denys Fiammingo Calvaert BIOGRAPHY
1540 Antwerp, Belgium - 1619 Bologna, Italy. Known for: Figure, religious painting.
Denis Calvaert was born in Antwerp, but spent most of his life in Italy. He stayed in Bologna, where he worked with Prospero Fontana. Subsequently he moved to Rome, where he assisted Lorenzo... Read full biography
Denis Calvaert was born in Antwerp, but spent most of his life in Italy. He stayed in Bologna, where he worked with Prospero Fontana. Subsequently he moved to Rome, where he assisted Lorenzo Sabbatini with his orders for the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. He also devoted a great deal of effort... Read full biography
Denis Calvaert was born in Antwerp, but spent most of his life in Italy. He stayed in Bologna, where he worked with Prospero Fontana. Subsequently he moved to Rome, where he assisted Lorenzo Sabbatini with his orders for the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. He also devoted a great deal of effort and time to study the works of Raphael. Calvaert then returned to Bologna to set up his own studio, where he trained artists such as Guido Reni, Francesco Albani, Domenichino, and Annibale Carracci.... Read full biography
Denis Calvaert was born in Antwerp, but spent most of his life in Italy. He stayed in Bologna, where he worked with Prospero Fontana. Subsequently he moved to Rome, where he assisted Lorenzo Sabbatini with his orders for the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. He also devoted a great deal of effort and time to study the works of Raphael. Calvaert then returned to Bologna to set up his own studio, where he trained artists such as Guido Reni, Francesco Albani, Domenichino, and Annibale Carracci. With his Mannerist aesthetic, Calvaert used chiaroscuro to create contrast and power in the scene. He also became an important representative of the early 17th century classicism, characteristic of the Bologna school. His major works are held in... Read full biography
Denis Calvaert was born in Antwerp, but spent most of his life in Italy. He stayed in Bologna, where he worked with Prospero Fontana. Subsequently he moved to Rome, where he assisted Lorenzo Sabbatini with his orders for the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. He also devoted a great deal of effort and time to study the works of Raphael. Calvaert then returned to Bologna to set up his own studio, where he trained artists such as Guido Reni, Francesco Albani, Domenichino, and Annibale Carracci. With his Mannerist aesthetic, Calvaert used chiaroscuro to create contrast and power in the scene. He also became an important representative of the early 17th century classicism, characteristic of the Bologna school. His major works are held in collections in Bologna, Florence, Parma, and St. Petersburg.... Read full biography
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Dionisio Fiammingo
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Denis Calvaert was born in Antwerp, but spent most of his life in Italy. He stayed in Bologna, where he worked with Prospero Fontana. Subsequently he moved to Rome, where he assisted Lorenzo Sabbatini with his orders for the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. He also devoted a great deal of effort and time to study the works of Raphael.
Calvaert then returned to Bologna to set up his own studio, where he trained artists such as Guido Reni, Francesco Albani, Domenichino, and Annibale Carracci. With his Mannerist aesthetic, Calvaert used chiaroscuro to create contrast and power in the scene.
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