#Utrecht Caravaggism

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The Annunciation by Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1629.

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The Happy Violinist, Gerard van Honthorst, ca. 1624

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Lastman, Pieter (1583-1633)

Abraham on the Road to Canaan

Holland, 1614

Dutch 17th-century artists formed a sort of circle whose members mutually influenced each other. Pieter Lastman is known as a master of the historical genre and a pupil of Rembrandt. Despite the fact that he lived and worked in Amsterdam, it is possible to spot in his oeuvre features of the Caravaggism that was common among the painters of Utrecht. One of Lastman’s best paintings, Abraham on the Road to Canaan, is based on the Old Testament story of the first great Hebrew patriarch. Following God’s will, he led his people to the promised land. The shaft of light coming from the heavens indicates that he has reached his cherished goal. Apart from that miraculous light, everything here is very down-to-earth and concrete: the rather naïve plain-looking faces of the personages, the bundles and baskets of belongings and the superbly painted animals. This work belongs to a new type of historical painting that Lastman developed: the small-format pictures were intended for private homes and invested with specific topical meaning. The Dutch of the early 17th century, who had regained their country from foreign rulers after severe trials and great sacrifices, often identified themselves with the chosen people of the Bible. It was Lastman’s works in particular that awakened in the young Rembrandt an interest in historical narrative and in the use of light and shade that would become one of the chief means of expression in his own paintings and graphic art.

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Lastman, Pieter (1583-1633) 72x122 cm

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Jan van Bijlert St. Sebastian attended by St. Irene

Oil on canvas, 139.7 x 192.4 cm, ca. 1630

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Hendrick ter Brugghen Mars Asleep, 1629 Oil on panel

Centraal Museum, Utrecht

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Adam Elsheimer - German artist

Adam Elsheimer – German artist

Adam Elsheimer – German artist



Adam Elsheimer (18 March 1578 – 11 December 1610) was a German artist working in Rome who died at only thirty-two, but was very influential in the early 17th century in the field of Baroque paintings.

His relatively few paintings were small scale, nearly all painted on copper plates, of the type often known as cabinet paintings. They include a variety of light…

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Johannes Paulus Moreelse, or Johan Pauwelszon Moreelse , was a Dutch baroque painter belonging to the school of Utrecht Caravaggism during the Dutch Golden Age.

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The Kremer Collection is owned and managed by the Aetas Aurea Holding SA (AAH), a non-profit organization. The collection comprises 17th century Dutch and Flemish Old Masters.

Portrait of a woman with a whitecap Jacob Adriaensz Backer 1634

Portrait of a woman with a whitecap Jacob Adriaensz Backer 1634 From the collection of The Kremer Collection The present portrait was published for the first time in 1934 by ... Read More

The goals of AAH are:

The Kremer Collection (the Collection) is a privately owned collection of some 70 works of Dutch and Flemish 17th century art (mainly paintings) and has been put together since 1995 by George and Ilone Kremer. New acquisitions are made regularly: the Collection is proof that even today it is possible to build a high quality and highly varied collection of important Dutch old masters. Many interesting schools and genres are represented such as Caravaggism/Utrecht, Leiden, Delft, Haarlem, Amsterdam, genre interiors, landscape painting, history paintings, Italianate art, marines and portraits.

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The Collection contains masterpieces by, amongst others, Rembrandt (one painting and 3 etching plates), Abraham Bloemaert, Hendrick ter Brugghen, Gerrit Dou, Frans Hals, Meindert Hobbema, Gerrit van Honthorst (2 works), Pieter de Hooch, Jan Lievens (2 works), Paulus Moreelse, Michael Sweerts, Jan Baptist Weenix and Emanuel de Witte.

In the Collection many interesting influences and cross fertilizations of the various schools and cities in 17th century Holland can be shown, which means that the Collection can be used as an educational tool to teach students and the public.

The collection is owned by a non-profit corporation, Aetas Aurea Holding Ltd. (AAH) During the last 17 years, the AAH has had an extensive loan program participating in many exhibitions and long term loans with international museums, including the National Gallery of Art, Washington, the Metropolitan in New York, the National Gallery, London and the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (see website for a full list).

to promote art in general and in particular Netherlandish art to maintain and improve (knowledge of) the collection through acquisitions, participation in research and exhibitions, and its restoration program. to make its collection known to a wider public through an active, international loan program to produce comprehensive catalogues of its collection. A first milestone was the publication in English of Dutch and Flemish Old Masters from the Kremer Collection in 2002. In July 2008 new, updated catalogues were published with 48 works in German and Dutch. In October 2011 a new, updated catalogue was published with 57 works in French in cooperation with the Pinacotheque de Paris. Old masters

The collection presently (as of May 2012) contains 61 paintings and copperplates by Dutch and Flemish masters, some of which have not (yet) been published. Many great figures are represented, including Hendrick ter Brugghen, Gerrit Dou, Frans Hals and Rembrandt (4 works). What makes the collection in part so special, is the large number of images with an intriguing story behind them.

The Kremer Collection Amsterdam, Netherlands was originally published on HiSoUR Art Collection

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Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John by Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1625.

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Samson and Delilah, Gerrit (Gerard) van Honthorst, ca. 1621

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The Matchmaker (1625) - Gerard von Honthorst

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Young man reading by candlelight by Matthias Stom

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Utrecht caravaggism

Gerrit van Honthorst

Dirck van Baburen

Hendrick ter Brugghen

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Johannes Paulus Moreelse, or Johan Pauwelszon Moreelse , was a Dutch baroque painter belonging to the school of Utrecht Caravaggism during the Dutch Golden Age.

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Group of painters from Utrecht who travelled to Rome at the beginning of the 17th century and were profoundly influenced by the work of Caravaggio. On their return to the northern Netherlands, they developed these new artistic ideas into a style known as Utrecht Caravaggism. This trend had a short-lived but intense development that lasted from 1620 to 1630. The first generation and initiators were Hendrick ter Brugghen, Gerrit van Honthorst and Dirck van Baburen, who introduced Caravaggism into Utrecht painting c. 1620 with immediate success. Such older painters as Abraham Bloemaert, Paulus Moreelse and even the Mannerist Joachim Wtewael were affected. The Utrecht Caravaggisti painted predominantly history scenes and genre pieces. These are life-size paintings with economical and powerful compositions; the impact of the scene is heightened by contrasting areas of light and dark, and a small number of figures who are abruptly cropped so that they seem to be portrayed in close-up.

Caravaggisti 1600 – 1650 was originally published on HiSoUR Art Collection

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Mars Vigilant (Man in Armor Holding a Pike), Jan van Bijlert, ca. 1630