Herman van Swanevelt
Herman van Swanevelt | |
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Born | 1603 |
Died | 1655 |
Known for | Painting |
Herman van Swanevelt (1603 – 1655) was a
Life
Herman was born in
Created and developed by
In 1641 he returned to Paris, where he remained except for occasional visits to his birthplace
Art
During the beginning of the 1630s his development runs parallel to Claude's, and in some ways even anticipates it. During the thirties Swanevelt refined his idyllic landscape style. Swanevelt was an important link between the first generation of Dutch italianate painters, such as
Works
For a long time the only murals attributed to Swanevelt were the two lunettes in the sacristy of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, of which only one survived. Art historian Susan Russell proposed that a frieze with seven scenes from the life of the Old Testament's Joseph in the east wing of Palazzo Pamphilj in Piazza Navona was also painted by him.[8]
One of Swanevelt's etchings, "The Birth of Adonis,[9]" (1654) resides in the Utah Museum of Fine Art's permanent collection.
Gallery
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The Arch of Constantine, Rome
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An Italian Landscape with a Bridge
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The Campo Vaccino
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A Huntsman at Rest
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An Italian Landscape
Notes
- ^ "From Codart on Swanevelt". Archived from the original on 2010-12-28. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ From Landschap Erfgoed Utrecht with detailed information in dutch Archived 2012-08-01 at archive.today
- ^ "From Codart on Swanevelt". Archived from the original on 2010-12-28. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ From The Web Gallery of Art, and their biography with information on his work in Spain
- ^ From Abstract on his Etchings by Anne Charlotte Steland
- ^ From the Utrecht Museum on Swanevelt in Dutch Archived 2012-08-01 at archive.today
- ^ From the Woerden museum, with many details on Swanevelt, in dutch
- ^ Susan Russell: Burlington Magazine, Vol. 139, No. 1128 (Mar., 1997), pp. 171-177
- ^ "From the Utah Museum of Fine Art". Archived from the original on 2017-04-07. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
External links
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