Jan Swart van Groningen

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Jan Swart van Groningen (* 1500 in Groningen , † after 1562 in Antwerp ) was a Dutch painter and wood cutter .

Life

Swart van Groningen is said to have also worked under the name Jan Vredemann . In 1522 a Jan Swart from Groningen worked in Gouda , but this was probably the painter Jan Swart (1469–1535), who had returned in 1522 after a stay in Italy and died in Gouda. There could be a mixture of both artists here, since both were referred to as Jan Swart van Groningen.

Swart van Groningen later went to Antwerp, where he also died. His work shows some familiarity with the style of the Italian High Renaissance . Most of the woodcuts in the Dutch Bible edition of 1528, which was published in Antwerp, are from him.

Works

In the Arenberg Archive, Enghien, Belgium there is a small travel altar by Jan Swart van Groningen, the only picture by the artist that is signed and dated: Jan de Svaert alias van Groeningen mefecit A 1562 , which overturns previous research. The triptych shows a crucifixion (crucifix after an engraving by Giulio Bonasone ) with Mary and John on the central panel in the early Baroque style . On the side panels of the founders Francisco are left de Verdugo with by one of Federico Barocci modeled figure composition of Sts. Francis and on the right wing the wife of Francisco Dorothe von Mansfeld with a St. Dorothea depicted. The signature is on the back of the central panel and the family coats of arms of the donors are on the back side panels.

Other works

Swart van Groningen is assigned around 20 paintings and over 100 woodcuts, including

  • Kassandra mourns the fall of Troy , around 1550
  • Garden of freedom ,
  • The Triumph of Death ,
  • Distribution of the Holy Spirit , 1533
  • Capture of Jesus , pen and brush

literature

  • Het leven van Swart Jan, often Jan Swart van Groeninghe. In: Karel van Mander : Het schilder-boeck. Davaco, Utrecht 1969 ( dbnl.org ) or with German translation: The life of the artful painter Swart Jan or Jan Swart von Groningen. In: Hanns Floerke: The life of the Dutch and German painters. Volume 1, Munich 1906, pp. 214-219 ( digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de ).
  • Gerd Unverfetern, Nils Büttner: Drawings by master craftsmen: the Uffenbach collection from the art collection of the University of Göttingen. Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2000, ISBN 3-525-47000-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Swart, Jan (1500) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 32 : Stephens – Theodotos . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1938, p. 341-343 .
  2. ↑ Joseph Eduard Wessely : Swart, Jan. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Volume 37: Sturm (Sturmi) - Thiemo. 1894, p. 257 ( deutsche-biographie.de ).
  3. ^ Georg Kaspar Nagler: Swart, Jan, also Swarte Jan and J. Schwarz . In: New general artist lexicon or news of the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, copper engravers, shape cutters, lithographers, draftsmen, medalists, ivory workers, ... Volume 18 : Surugue, PL-Torre, G . Fleischmann, Munich 1848, p. 54-55 ( books.google.de ).
  4. ^ Wolfgang Savelsberg: A travel altar by Jan Swart van Groningen from the year 1562. In: Low German contributions to art history. Volume 28, 1989, pp. 77-89.
  5. ↑ Thomas Epple: The rise of the doom and gloom Kassandra: on the change in her interpretation from the 18th century to the present . Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-88479-760-3 , p. 38 ( books.google.de ).
  6. ^ Jan Swart van Groningen Garden of Freedom. transversale.org (PDF, p. 8/13).
  7. ↑ The Triumph of Death - Jan Swart van Groningen. kunstkopie.ch
personal data
SURNAME Groningen, Jan Swart van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch painter and engraver
DATE OF BIRTH 1500
PLACE OF BIRTH Groningen
DATE OF DEATH after 1562
Place of death Antwerp