Johannes Barra
Johannes Barra (* 1581 in Middelburg , † 1634 in London ), also known as Johann Bara or in English as John Bara , was a Dutch painter, glass painter and engraver.
Barra initially worked in Holland and later moved to London, where he died in 1634. Sometimes he called himself, sculptor et vitrearum imaginum pictor . Its creation time lies between 1598 and 1632. At that time Johannes Barra published numerous copperplate engravings which are similar to the works of Egidius Sadeler , but do not copy them.
Works
- The general historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles: with the names of the adventurers, planters, and governors from their first beginning, an [n] o 1584 to this present 1626, with the procedings of those severall colonies and the accidents that befell them in all their journyes and discoveries: also the maps and descriptions of all those countryes, their commodities, people, government, customes, and religion yet knowne: divided into sixe bookes
- Illustrissimo et reverendissimo principi ac domino Sbigneo Berka archiepiscopo Pragensi
literature
- Georg Rathgeber: Annals of Dutch Painting, Shape Cutting and Copper Engraving , 1844, p. 313
- Hugh James Rose; Henry John Rose; Thomas Wright: A new general biographical dictionary projected and partly arranged , Volume 3, 1841, p. 127
Web links
Commons : Johannes Barra - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
- Johannes Barra in the CERL Thesaurus
Individual evidence
- ↑ Transcription in docsouth.unc.edu
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barra, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barra, John; Barra, Joannes; Bara, John; Bara, Joannes; Bara, Johannes; Barra, Johan; Bara, Johan; Barre, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch painter and engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1581 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Middelburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1634 |
| Place of death | London |