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| after Bartholomeus Spranger Wedding of Cupid and Psyche (left portion) 1585 engraving by Hendrik Goltzius British Museum |
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| after Bartholomeus Spranger Wedding of Cupid and Psyche (right portion) 1585 engraving by Hendrik Goltzius British Museum |
Bartholomeus Spranger (1546-1611) – Mannerist painter and (occasionally) etcher. Pupil of Jan Mandyn, Frans Mostaert and Cornelis van Dalem. He was in Paris in 1564, Milan and Parma between 1564 and 1564 and in Rome in 1566. In 1570 he was painter in the service of Pius V, in 1575 in Vienna at the court of Maximillian II and in 1581 painter at the court of Rudolph II in Prague.
– curator's notes from the British Museum
Half a dozen different artist-engravers of Spranger's own century are represented below, each attempting to reproduce the exaggerated sinuosity of Spranger's painted figures –
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| after Bartholomeus Spranger Judith with the Head of Holofernes ca. 1585 engraving by Hendrik Goltzius British Museum |
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| after Bartholomeus Spranger Adam and Eve in Paradise 1585 engraving by Hendrik Goltzius British Museum |
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| after Bartholomeus Spranger Dead Christ at tomb supported by Angel 1587 engraving by Hendrik Goltzius British Museum |
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| after Bartholomeus Spranger Venus receiving gifts ca.1588 engraving by Aegidius Sadeler II British Museum |
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| after Bartholomeus Spranger Oread removing thorn from Satyr's foot with weeping nymph and small satyr 1590 engraving by Jan Harmensz Muller British Museum |
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| after Bartholomeus Spranger Jupiter and Ceres embracing 1597 engraving by Bartholomeus Willemsz Dolendo British Museum |
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| after Bartholomeus Spranger Without Bacchus and Ceres, Venus grows cold ca. 1597 engraving by Jan Harmensz Muller British Museum |
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| after Bartholomeus Spranger Bellona leading Imperial troops against the Turks ca. 1600 engraving by Jan Harmensz Muller British Museum |
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| after Bartholomeus Spranger Cupid and Psyche ca. 1600 engraving by Jan Harmensz Muller British Museum |
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| after Bartholomeus Spranger Minerva ca. 1600 engraving attributed to Jan Harmensz Muller British Museum |
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| after Bartholomeus Spranger Minerva and Mercury arming Perseus 1604 engraving by Jan Harmensz Muller British Museum |
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| after Bartholomeus Spranger Risen Christ as Gardener with Mary Magdalene ca. 1600 engraving by Aegidius Sadeler II British Museum |