Denys Calvaert

Denys Calvaert (* around 1540 in Antwerp , † April 16, 1619 in Bologna ; also called Dionisio Fiammingo ) was a Flemish painter.

Life

The offering of the virgin in the temple

He apprenticed to Crispyn van den Queboorn in 1556 , then went to Bologna to train himself as a skilled landscape painter in figure painting ; here Lorenzo Sabatini and Prospero Fontana became his teachers, Antonio da Correggio , Parmigianino and Pellegrino Tibaldi his masters.

After studying hard in Rome for a long time, he returned to Bologna and founded a well-attended school here, in which Guido Reni , Francesco Albani , and Domenichino also began their studies. A work from 1579 is the 58 × 41 cm painting Holy Family with the Boys of St. John

Calvaert had brought with him a dignified coloring and a certain careful conception of nature from his homeland, which had a positive effect on his students. Of course, he was not free from a mannerist nature, from a preference for exaggerated forms and a hollow, theatrical composition. When the Carracci established their academy in Bologna, Calvaert's star began to fade and his students left him.

He died in Bologna in 1619. Apart from his large pictures, of which there are still different ones in Bologna, among them St. Michael in the church of San Petronio, the purgatory in the church of all grace , the paradise in the church ai Servi etc., especially his small, The delicate pictures painted on copper of the time received great applause, which they also deserved for the delicacy of the coloring and the careful handling.

literature

Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt: Calvaert, Dionysius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 715.

Web links

Commons : Denys Calvaert - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Christina Haberlik et al. a .: 50 classics - artists, painters, sculptors and photographers . Gerstenberg Hildesheim 2002, p. 19
↑ Dorotheum, October 12-14, 2010

personal data
SURNAME	Calvaert, Denys
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dionisio Fiammingo; Dionisio Fiamingo; Calvaert, Dionisio; Salvati, Dionisio; Calvaert, Denijs; Calvaert, Denis; Caluwaert, Denys; Caluwaert, Denijs
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch painter
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1540
PLACE OF BIRTH	Antwerp
DATE OF DEATH	April 16, 1619
Place of death	Bologna

[1] Christina Haberlik et al. a .: 50 classics - artists, painters, sculptors and photographers . Gerstenberg Hildesheim 2002, p. 19

[2] Dorotheum, October 12-14, 2010