Caravaggists from Utrecht

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The prodigal son of Gerard van Honthorst Alte Pinakothek , Munich

The Utrecht Caravaggists were a painting school founded by Hendrick Terbrugghen , Gerard van Honthorst and Dirck van Baburen after 1620 and which worked in Rome, among others.

Character and effect

It was a new, characteristically Dutch position in the processing of Caravaggio's work , which was primarily morally determined. In addition to the founders, they included the painters Jan van Bijlert , Matthias Stomer and the master of the Kassel musicians . Already Karel van Mander mentions in his signage boeck the trips to Italy the Dutch artist in the early 17th century and their affinity Italy.

The Utrecht Caravaggists had far-reaching effects on the paintings of Frans Hals , Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer .

literature

  • Bernd Ebert, Liesbeth M. Helmus (eds.): Utrecht, Caravaggio and Europe. Alte Pinakothek Munich, April 17, 2019 - July 21, 2019. Hirmer, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-7774-3132-1
  • Jochen Sander (ed.): Caravaggio in Holland: Music and genre with Caravaggio and the Utrecht Caravaggists. An exhibition by the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, April 1 to July 26, 2009 . Hirmer, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-7774-8065-7 .
  • Taco Dibbits: Prologue: Caravaggio, the Utrecht Caravaggists and the young Rembrandt . In: Exhibition catalog Rembrandt and Caravaggio . Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, February 24 to June 18, 2006.
  • Marcus Dekiert : Musicians in the painting of the Dutch Caravaggio successor. Preliminary stages, iconography and significance of the music scene in Dutch visual art of the 16th and 17th centuries (= Bonn studies on art history, vol. 17). Lit, Münster 2003, ISBN 3-8258-6351-4 .
  • Ekkehard Mai (Red.): Centraal Museum Utrecht, the Utrecht School of Painting, Caravaggisti of the North. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum Cologne, 14.3. - 20.5.1984 (series of museums as guest ). Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne 1984.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Erich Hubala : Propylaea art history. 17th century art . Propylaen-Verlag, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-549-05109-3 , p. 167.

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