Jan Stephan van Calcar
Jan Stephan van Calcar , also Jan Stephan von Kalkar (* 1499 in Kalkar , † 1546 in Naples ) was a Dutch painter and graphic artist during the Renaissance .
Life
Jan Stephan van Calcar came from the upper Rhine Valley and is said to have escaped to Venice with a young woman around 1536 , where he became a student of Titian . Jan Stephan's works were so similar to those of his teacher that they were often almost indistinguishable. After 1543 he spent a few years in Naples , where he worked as a portrait painter and also died.
He was involved in the woodcuts for Andreas Vesalius ' work “De humanis corporis fabrica” , but whether the twelve large figures it contains are by Jan Stephan van Calcar is disputed.
Works (excerpts)
Portrait of Andreas Vesalius from the book De humanis corporis fabrica
Book page from the book De humanis corporis fabrica
Book page from the book De humanis corporis fabrica
Ideal male figure from the book De humanis corporis fabrica
Ideal female figure from the book De humanis corporis fabrica
literature
- Joseph Eduard Wessely : Jan von Calcar . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 692 f.
- Gundolf Keil : Stephan von Kalkar, Jan. In: Werner E. Gerabek u. a. (Ed.): Encyclopedia of medical history. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , pp. 1359 f.
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Calcar, Jan Stephan van |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Calcar, Johann Stephan von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1499 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kalkar |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1546 |
| Place of death | Naples |