Spanish, 16th century, male.
Active during the first half of the 16th century.
Painter. Religious subjects.
The master painted an altarpiece in Segovia signed A.B., seven panels of which can be found in the Prado in Madrid. His work shows the influence of Gerard David....
Italian, 15th century, male.
Active in Naples at the end of the 15th century.
Painter. Religious subjects.
In 1498, Luigi dell'Abate collaborated with François Pappalettere on the decoration of the convent of S Giovanni in Capua.
French, 16th century, male.
Active in the middle of the 16th century.
Painter. Religious subjects.
A reference to Abel, whose first name is not given, is found in a passage by Malvasia. The reference confirms that he received 100 Roman crowns for a copy of ...
French, 15th century, male.
Active in St-Maximin (near Marseilles).
Born c. 1375; died May 1450.
Painter. Religious subjects, figures. Decorative schemes.
Andreas Abellon was a Dominican prior. Archives studied by Albanès record that the convent bought three historiated tapestries in 1444, which could have been painted by Abellon. He may have been the decorator of the chancel of the chapel, which was built between ...
Portuguese, 16th century, male.
Painter, decorative designer.
Simão de Abreu collaborated with Domingos Vieira and other artists on the decoration of the convent of Christ in Tomar. He is known principally for his seven altarpieces for the church's charola (processional way).
German, 15th – 16th century, male.
Born c. 1455 or 1460, in Augsburg; died 1532, in Augsburg.
Painter. Religious subjects, portraits.
Augsburg School.
Ulrich Abt is mentioned in the archives of Augsburg as working in the town on several occasions. He is recorded in the registry of occupations on various dates between ...
Italian, 14th century, male.
Active in Bologna in 1352.
Painter. Religious subjects.
Bolognese School.
A monk, Giovanni Acario produced a number of different works for the Dominican convent, including the altarpiece for the high altar in the chapel of S Domenico.
Spanish, 16th century, male.
Born c. 1540, in Murcia; died towards the end of the 16th century.
Painter. Religious subjects.
Cristóbal Acevedo was a pupil of Bartolomé Carducho around 1585. He specialised in historical painting and, having gained a strong reputation from his early works, was commissioned to decorate a number of convents and churches in Madrid. With a pure, broad and powerful style ideally suited to the subjects of sacred art, he is particularly known for his composition of the Virgin in the chapel of the College of S Fulgencio in Murcia....
German, 15th century, male.
Active in Ulm.
Painter, glass painter. Religious subjects.
Acker belonged to a family of artists from Ulm. He is known to have produced religious paintings for the chapel of St Leonard in the church in Risstissen. They carry his signature and are dated ...
Polish, 16th century, male.
Active in Warsaw at the end of the 16th century.
Died 1596, in Warsaw.
Painter. Religious subjects.
Warsaw School.
Adam worked as an artist in Cracow from 1588 onwards, painting mostly religious pictures. The works mentioned in his will confirm that he devoted himself to this kind of work in particular....
French, 16th century, male.
Active in Arras at the beginning of the 16th century.
Painter. Religious subjects. Decorative schemes.
Arras School.
In 1501 Adam d'Avesne restored the panel of the master altar and painted banners for the church of La Ste-Croix in Arras.
French, 14th – 15th century, male.
Active in Amiens between 1389 and 1416.
Painter. Religious subjects.
Amiens School.
The town archives in Amiens hold a receipt from Adam de France dated 1416. He is known to have produced various figures of saints.
German, 14th – 15th century, male.
Born at the end of the 14th century, probably in Worms.
Painter. Religious subjects.
Adam de Wurmbs' name first appears in archives dated 26 November 1408. In 1421 he lived in Nuremberg. On 10 July 1423 he gave up his right to reside there. Two paintings in the church of St Sebald are attributed to him based on dates: ...
Italian, 15th century, male.
Painter. Religious subjects.
In 1484, Paolo Adanisio decorated an altar with predella for S Giovanni di Padova in Cerreto.
Dutch, 16th century, male.
Active in the second half of the 16th century.
Painter. Religious subjects.
Utrecht School.
Jan Adriaensz. was a member of the corporation of painters in Utrecht in 1569. He is believed to be the author of Christ on the Cross which was donated to the convent of St Cecil in Calcar, then in the small German state of Cleves, by the Catholic priest of Amsterdam....
Swiss, 16th century, male.
Painter. Religious subjects.
Colmar: Scenes from the Life of St John the Baptist (1582, diptych); Annunciation (1582, diptych)
Flemish, 16th century, male.
Active in Amsterdam in 1553.
Died 1575.
Painter, draughtsman. Architectural views, church interiors.
Flemish School.
Hendrick Aerts painted and decorated church interiors, one of which was engraved by J. Londerseel.
London, 1 Dec 1978: Interior of an Imaginary Cathedral during a Procession...
Dutch, 16th century, male.
Born 1507 or 1508, in Amsterdam; died 3 June 1575, in Amsterdam.
Painter. Religious subjects, genre scenes, rustic scenes, portraits, interiors with figures, still-lifes. Church decoration, religious furnishings.
Amsterdam School, Antwerp School.
Pieter Aertsen was called Lange Pier (Long Peter) because of his height. He was the son of a stocking maker. He studied first under Alaert Claessen, and later, at around the age of 18, he went to study in the province of Hainaut. In Antwerp he lodged with his compatriot, the painter Jean Mandyn. Aertsen also worked in Louvain before returning to Amsterdam. He seems to have divided his time between his home town of Amsterdam and Antwerp. In 1535 he was nominated a free master of the Guild of St Luke in Antwerp. In 1547 he was a municipal councillor in Amsterdam. In 1552, having returned to Antwerp, he was admitted as a burgher of the city. He married the aunt of his student Joachim Bueckelaer. He returned to Amsterdam in 1556 and remained there until his death. He had three sons who all became painters....
Dutch, 16th century, male.
Born 1482, in Wyck; died 1577, in Antwerp.
Painter. Religious subjects. Designs for stained glass.
Richard Aertsz. was the son of a poor Dutch fisherman. His leg was amputated after having been badly burned and, as a result, he chose a profession that could accommodate his handicap. Due to his remarkable talent he was sent to study with Jan Mostaert the elder, who was then a successful artist in Haarlem. The young Aertsz. was reportedly likable and witty, and these personal qualities and his exceptional circumstances were perhaps a factor in making him a favoured student. It is certainly true that when Aertsz. left Mostaert his work showed a talent superior to that of his master. His first work was a painting of scenes from the life of Joseph, which he produced on the panel flaps of the high altar in the main church of Haarlem. He then went to Antwerp, and was made a member of the town's Academy in ...
Portuguese, 15th – 16th century, male.
Born c. 1475; died c. 1540.
Painter. Religious subjects.
Jorge Afonso lived in Santo Domingo and was brother-in-law of the painter Francesco Henriques. In 1508 he was appointed court painter to King Manuel I and in about 1529 to John III. He ran a studio in Lisbon where his son-in-law Gregorio Lopes, his nephew Garcia Fernandes and many other artists worked, including, in ...
