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• Was a Flemish painter and sculptor.
• He was apprenticed for 18 months with Jan Mandijn.
• Working in Prague as a court artist for the Holy Roman emperor Rudolf II.
• His style stressed sensuality, elongated figures arranged in elegant poses, often including a nude woman seen from behind.
• Spranger married Christina Müller, the daughter of a rich jeweller from Prague in 1582.
• Aegidius Sadeler also a painter lived in his house in Prague.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Jupiter and Antiope, ca. 1596.
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Bartholomeus Spranger, Glaucus and Scylla, ca. 1580-82
Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-20.
Bartholomeus Spranger, Glaucus and Scylla, ca. 1580-82
Bartholomeus Spranger, Odysseus and Circe, ca. 1580-85
Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-20.
Bartholomeus Spranger, Odysseus and Circe, ca. 1580-85
Bartholomeus Spranger, Venus and Mercury, ca. 1595-97
Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-20.
Bartholomeus Spranger, Venus and Mercury, ca. 1595-97
Bartholomeus Spranger, Venus and Adonis, c. 1585-90
Bartholomeus Spranger, Venus and Adonis, c. 1585-90
Bartholomeus Spranger, Alegorie na turecke valky. Allegory of the Turkish wars,
Bartholomeus Spranger, The Triumph of Venus, 1600
Bartholomeus Spranger,
Original, Alte Pinakothek, Munich. Visited in 2019.
Diana Resting after the Hunt, ca. (1595-1600)
Original, Szepmuveszeti - Museum of Fine Arts - Budapest. Visited in 2019.
Saint Barbara, c. (1578)
Original, Szepmuveszeti - Museum of Fine Arts - Budapest. Visited in 2019.
Saint Barbara, c. (1578)
Saint George Slaying the Dragon, ca. (1600)
Original, Szepmuveszeti - Museum of Fine Arts - Budapest. Visited in 2019.
Bartholomäus Spranger, Jupiter and Antiope, ca. 1596
Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-20.
Bartholomäus Spranger, Jupiter and Antiope, ca. 1596
Bartholomäus Spranger, Venus in the forge of the volcano, around 1610
Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-20.
Bartholomäus Spranger, Adam and Eve, ca. 1593-95
Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-20.
Bartholomäus Spranger, Adam and Eve, ca. 1593-95
Bartholomäus Spranger, `Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus` (Without Ceres and Bacchus Venus will feel cold), around 1590-95
Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-20.
Bartholomäus Spranger, `Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus` (Without Ceres and Bacchus Venus will feel cold), around 1590-95
Bartholomäus Spranger, Herkules and Omphale, around 1585.
Bartholomeus Spranger, Glaucus and Scylla, ca. 1580-82
Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-20.
Bartholomäus Spranger, God the Father with the Holy Spirit and angels, around 1582.
Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-20.
Bartholomäus Spranger, Hercules, Deianeira and the Centaur Nessus, around 1580-85
Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-20.
Bartholomäus Spranger, Venus and Adonis, around 1595-97
Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-20.
Bartholomäus Spranger, Venus and Adonis, around 1595-97
Bartholomäus Spranger, Minerva victorious over Ignorance, around 1593
Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-20.
Bartholomäus Spranger, Minerva victorious over Ignorance, around 1593
Bartholomäus Spranger, Self-Portrait, around 1580-85
Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-20.
Bartholomäus Spranger, Self-Portrait, around 1580-85
Bartholomeus Spranger, Allegory of Justice and Prudence, about 1599-1600
Bartholomeus Spranger, Allegory of Justice and Prudence, about 1599-1600
Bartholomäus Spranger, The Flight Into Egypt
Bartholomäus Spranger, The Flight Into Egypt
Bartholomeus Spranger, Allegory of the Triumph of Fidelity over Fate - Allegory of the Life of the Sculptor Hans Mont
Bartholomeus Spranger, Allegory of the Triumph of Fidelity over Fate - Allegory of the Life of the Sculptor Hans Mont
Bartholomeus Spranger, Allegory of the Triumph of Fidelity over Fate - Allegory of the Life of the Sculptor Hans Mont
Bartholomeus Spranger, Heracles and Omphale, c. 1595
Bartholomeus Spranger, Heracles and Omphale, c. 1595
Bartholomeus Spranger, The Adoration of the Kings, about 1595
Bartholomeus Spranger, The Adoration of the Kings, about 1595

Bartholomaeus Spranger, Apotheosis of the Arts (Fame leading the Arts to Olympus), 1st half of the 17th century
Bartholomaeus Spranger, Apotheosis of the Arts (Fame leading the Arts to Olympus), 1st half of the 17th century
Bartholomäus Spranger, Saint Catherine, after 1580
Bartholomäus Spranger, Saint Catherine, after 1580
Bartholomäus Spranger, Venus and Mars, 1607
Original, Zámek Duchcov, Czech Republic. Visited in 2025.
Bartholomäus Spranger, Venus and Mars, 1607