Karel Škréta
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 350 years ago |
Born | Prague |
Czechia | |
Date of died | July 30,1674 |
Died | Prague |
Czechia | |
On view | J. Paul Getty Museum |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art | |
Národní galerie Praha ― Palác Kinských | |
Periods | Baroque |
Known for | Painting |
Children | Karel Škréta the Younger |
Job | Painter |
Works | Verspottung Christi |
The mocking of Christ | |
Period by artworks | Baroque |
Place of burial | Church of Our Lady before Týn, Prague, Czechia |
Date of birth | January 1,1610 |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1569997 |
Karel Škréta Life story
Karel Škréta Šotnovský ze Závořic was a Czech portrait painter who worked in the Baroque style. He lived through the Thirty Years' War which caused him some hardships as a Protestant which led him to leave Prague for Saxony then Italy.