Bartholomeus Spranger

1546–1611 · Habsburg Netherlands

Born: 1546 · Antwerp
Died: 1611 · Prague

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Bartholomeus Spranger was a Flemish painter, draughtsman, sculptor, and designer of prints who worked as a court artist for Rudolf II in Prague. He developed a version of Northern Mannerism, characterized by sensuality and elongated figures, which influenced other artists in Prague and the Dutch Republic.

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Bartholomeus Spranger or Bartholomaeus Spranger (21 March 1546 – 27 June 1611) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman, sculptor, and designer of prints. Working in Prague as a court artist for the Holy Roman emperor Rudolf II, he responded to his patron's aesthetic preferences by developing a version of the artistic style referred to as Northern Mannerism. This style stressed sensuality, which was expressed in smoothly modeled, elongated figures arranged in elegant poses, often including a nude woman seen from behind. Spranger's unique style combining elements of Netherlandish painting and Italian influences, in particular the Roman Mannerists, had an important influence on other artists in Prague and elsewhere, in particular the Dutch Republic, as his paintings were disseminated widely through prints as well as by artists who had worked with him such as Karel van Mander.

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Selected registered works by Bartholomeus Spranger

Selected from 28 works by Bartholomeus Spranger in the Collect24 Registry.

Bartholomeus Spranger

Venus and Adonis, c. 1585 - c. 1590

panel

135 × 109 cm

Rijksmuseum

C24-104742

Bartholomeus Spranger

Venus and Amor, ca. 1585

Pen and brown ink, light and dark brown and gray wash, heightened with white (partially oxidized); traced for transfer.

19.4 × 13.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-934549

Bartholomeus Spranger

Saint John the Evangelist, ca. 1596

Etching

15.1 × 20.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-355763

Bartholomeus Spranger

Classical Battle Scene; Verso: Peter and John Heal a Cripple at the Gate of the Temple, ca. 1590

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, over red chalk on blue paper. Partially visible framing lines in pen and brown ink on left and bottom edges

24.5 × 33.9 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-532258