Cornelius Schut

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Cornelius Schut (baptized May 13, 1597 in Antwerp ; † April 29, 1655 ibid) was a Flemish painter .

The Victory at Nördlingen (1635)

Life

The exact date of birth of the artist is unknown, he was baptized on May 13, 1597. Schut was master of the Guild of Luke in 1618/1619 and registered several apprentices in the 1630s. In 1635, the artist and Peter Paul Rubens participated in the festive decorations on the occasion of the triumphal entry of Cardinal Infante Ferdinand into Ghent and Antwerp after his victory in the battle of Nördlingen . Until then, largely influenced by Rubens, Schut developed a personal style that is characterized by lively, contrasting compositions and lighting as well as cool colors. In a free, painterly manner, Schut also reproduced several of his own paintings . He also etched numerous scenes of the Madonna and children, as well as religious, historicizing and allegorical depictions.

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Schut painted numerous altarpieces for Belgian and Cologne churches, including some historicizing and allegorical depictions. His main works include the Assumption of the Virgin in the dome of the Antwerp Cathedral of Our Lady (1647), the beheading of St. George in the Museum of Fine Arts (1643/44), the conversion of Paul in St. Peter (Cologne) (1643), as well as the coronation of Mary on the main altar of the Karl Borromäus Church there, an Adoration of Mary (around 1638) and a torture of St. Gereon in St. Gereon in Cologne. The last two works mentioned were probably destroyed by the air raids on Cologne in World War II. Schut also often painted centerpieces for flower wreaths by Daniel Seghers , which in turn can be found in numerous churches in Antwerp, Brussels , Namur , Dendermonde and Temse . His etchings took Schut in his work Cornelii Schut Antwerpiensis picturae ludentis genius etc. together.

Works (excerpt)

  • The victory near Nördlingen , 1635. Oil on canvas, 226 × 160 cm. Gent, Stad, Oudheikundig Museum van de Bijloke, Inv. 711
  • Conversion of St. Wilhelm von Maleval by St. Bernhard von Clairvaux , 1640/1645. Oil on canvas, 193 × 124 cm. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum , inv. GG_2536.
  • Conversion of St. Paul , 1644. Oil on canvas, St. Peter , Cologne.
  • Assumption of the Virgin Mary , 1647. Fresco, diameter 580 cm, dome of the crossing tower of the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp.

literature

Web links

Commons : Cornelis Schut  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Walter F. Kalina: The Thirty Years' War in the fine arts. Diploma thesis, University of Vienna, 2001, p. 135.
  2. ↑ Schut, Cornelius . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 346-347 .
  3. ↑ Klaus Bußmann , Heinz Schilling : 1648 - War and Peace in Europe. Catalog volume and two text volumes, Münster 1998 [Documentation of the Council of Europe exhibition on the 350th anniversary of the Peace of Westphalia in Münster and Osnabrück.] Münster / Osnabrück 1998, ISBN 3-88789-127-9 , p. 119.
personal data
SURNAME Schut, Cornelius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Flemish painter
DATE OF BIRTH baptized May 13, 1597
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 1655
Place of death Antwerp