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Artist in the Global Art Registry
Melchior Lorck
1527–1580 · Danish
- Born
- 1527 · Flensburg
- Died
- 1580 · Copenhagen
222 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Melchior Lorck was a Renaissance painter, draughtsman, and printmaker of Danish-German origin. He produced the most thorough visual record of 16th-century Turkey, and was the first Danish artist with a reconstructable biography and attributable body of artworks.
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Melchior Lorck (also Lorch, Lorichs and Lorich; 1526/27 – 1583) was a Renaissance painter, draughtsman, and printmaker of Danish-German origin. He produced the most thorough visual record of the life and customs of Turkey in the 16th century that is to this day a unique source. He was also the first Danish artist of whom a substantial biography is reconstructable and a substantial body of artworks is attributable.
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Registered works
222
In museum collections
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In gallery collections
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Featured works
Selected registered works by Melchior Lorck
Selected from 222 works by Melchior Lorck in the Collect24 Registry.
Melchior Lorck
Portræt af en fornem tyrkisk dame, muligvis sultana Aselfir, 1579
Pen og sort blæk og grå lavering
23.6 × 14 cm
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
C24-1307010
Melchior Lorck
Süleyman the Magnificent, 16th century
Engraving; second state
40.4 × 28.6 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-327329
Melchior Lorck
Satire on the Papacy, 1555
Etching
20.3 × 12.7 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-319390
Melchior Lorck
3 moskéer, hver med 1 minaret; i himlen en flyvende drage med lang hale, 1570
Træsnit
12.5 × 18.4 cm
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
C24-498397
Melchior Lorck
Soldat, gående mod h.; støvler og knækort dragt; i v. hånd en bue, i h. hånd en pil, 1576
Træsnit
18.2 × 13 cm
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
C24-498370
Melchior Lorck
Fyrst Ismael, persisk gesandt, 1573
Kobberstik
39.3 × 26.3 cm
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
C24-498338
Melchior Lorck
En satyr belurer den sovende Antiope, 1562
pen, brunt blæk
16.1 × 21.9 cm
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
C24-225289
Melchior Lorck
Tyrkiske kvinder ved måltidet, 1555-1559
Pen, gråt blæk, pensel, grålig lavering
19 × 22.7 cm
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
C24-225315
Melchior Lorck
Tyrkiske kvinder forretter deres bøn, 1555-1559
Pen, gråt blæk, pensel, grålig lavering. Enkelte konturer trukket op med rød farve
18.7 × 23.5 cm
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
C24-225301
Melchior Lorck
To ryttere, den forreste bærende en fane, 1553
Pen, gråligt blæk, pensel og grålig lavering
26.4 × 23.1 cm
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
C24-225283
Melchior Lorck
Den øverste del af Arkadiosøjlen i Konstantinopel, 1559
Pen, brunt blæk, pensel, brun lavering
29.2 × 21.7 cm
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
C24-225266
Melchior Lorck
En sarkofag i Konstantinopel, 1560-1564
pen, brunt blæk
24.8 × 32.7 cm
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
C24-225307
Museums and collections
Where works by Melchior Lorck are registered
- SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark
215 works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
5 works
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
2 works
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