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1564 Munich, Germany - 1625 Augsburg, Germany. Known for: Small scale, highly polished religious paintings.
Johann Rottenhammer, or Hans Rottenhammer, (1564-1625) was a German painter. He specialized in highly finished paintings on a small scale. He was born in Munich, where he studied until 1588 under... Read full biography
Johann Rottenhammer, or Hans Rottenhammer, (1564-1625) was a German painter. He specialized in highly finished paintings on a small scale. He was born in Munich, where he studied until 1588 under Hans Donauer the Elder. In 1593-4 (and perhaps earlier) he was in Rome, and he then settled in Venice... Read full biography
Johann Rottenhammer, or Hans Rottenhammer, (1564-1625) was a German painter. He specialized in highly finished paintings on a small scale. He was born in Munich, where he studied until 1588 under Hans Donauer the Elder. In 1593-4 (and perhaps earlier) he was in Rome, and he then settled in Venice from 1595-6 to 1606, before returning to Germany and settling in Augsburg, working also in Munich. He died in Augsburg, apparently in some poverty, and according to some sources an alcoholic. In Venice... Read full biography
Johann Rottenhammer, or Hans Rottenhammer, (1564-1625) was a German painter. He specialized in highly finished paintings on a small scale. He was born in Munich, where he studied until 1588 under Hans Donauer the Elder. In 1593-4 (and perhaps earlier) he was in Rome, and he then settled in Venice from 1595-6 to 1606, before returning to Germany and settling in Augsburg, working also in Munich. He died in Augsburg, apparently in some poverty, and according to some sources an alcoholic. In Venice he gained a reputation for small highly-finished cabinet paintings* on copper, of religious and mythological subjects, combining German and Italian elements of style. In particular he combines the landscape tradition of the North with the... Read full biography
Johann Rottenhammer, or Hans Rottenhammer, (1564-1625) was a German painter. He specialized in highly finished paintings on a small scale. He was born in Munich, where he studied until 1588 under Hans Donauer the Elder. In 1593-4 (and perhaps earlier) he was in Rome, and he then settled in Venice from 1595-6 to 1606, before returning to Germany and settling in Augsburg, working also in Munich. He died in Augsburg, apparently in some poverty, and according to some sources an alcoholic. In Venice he gained a reputation for small highly-finished cabinet paintings* on copper, of religious and mythological subjects, combining German and Italian elements of style. In particular he combines the landscape tradition of the North with the compositional and figure styles of Tintoretto and Veronese. He was the first German artist to specialize in cabinet paintings. In Rome he k... Read full biography
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Johann Rottenhammer, or Hans Rottenhammer, (1564-1625) was a German painter. He specialized in highly finished paintings on a small scale.
He was born in Munich, where he studied until 1588 under Hans Donauer the Elder. In 1593-4 (and perhaps earlier) he was in Rome, and he then settled in Venice from 1595-6 to 1606, before returning to Germany and settling in Augsburg, working also in Munich. He died in Augsburg, apparently in some poverty, and according to some sources an alcoholic.
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