Paolo Fiammingo

Paolo Fiammingo, actually Pauwels Franck, Paolo dei Franceschi, Paulo Fiamengo or Pauwels Franck (* around 1540 in Antwerp, † December 20, 1596 in Venice) was a Flemish painter, later a pupil of Jacopo Tintoretto and from that time exclusively in Venice active.

Paolo Fiammingo was born around 1540 in Antwerp and worked as a master in the Guild of St. Luke. He led, inter alia, Hans Fugger the wall group of elements in the Fugger Castle Kirchheim / Schwaben from Augsburg. To 1573 he settled permanently in Venice, where he was a pupil of Jacopo Tintoretto. He worked on his large paintings in the Palazzo Ducale, mainly due to the execution of the background scenery. In the records of the Venetian painters' guild he is registered from 1584 to 1596 as Paulo Fiamengo

Paolo Fiammingo distinguished himself especially in painting of landscapes, but also created paintings with historical, religious and mythological themes. His landscape paintings, where he joined the Flemish with the Venetian style, had a certain influence on painting in Italy and north of the Alps.

One of his most important client was Emperor Rudolph II Fiammingo died in 1596 in Venice.

Works (selection)

  • Pope Alexander III. blesses the fleet in 1196, Doge's Palace Venice
  • Descent from the Cross, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice
  • St. John preaching in the wilderness, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice
  • Judith adorned for Holofernes, Raccolte Artistiche del Castello Sforzesco, Milan
  • Judith Holofernes heads, Raccolte Artistiche del Castello Sforzesco, Milan
  • Altarpiece for San Girolamo ( 1583 ), Duomo di San Michele, Murano
  • Landscape with King Midas, Berlin
  • Death of Christ in the womb of the Virgin, Munich
  • Pietà, Alte Pinakothek, Munich
  • Triumph of the elements, Fugger Castle Kirchheim / Schwaben
  • Cycle of Love ( recíproco d' Amore, 1580), for the Fugger Castle Kirchheim / Swabia, now KHM Vienna
  • Landscapes, Musée de Vicenza
  • Hunting goddess Diana, Musée des Beaux -Arts, Nancy
  • Scene of the Argonauts, National Gallery, London
  • Landscape with Diana and Nymphs
  • Triumph of the virtues over the vices
  • Allegory of the Planets
  • The bronze age
  • The Bronze Age
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