(1610, Prague - July 30, 1674, Prague) was a Czech Baroque painter. Karel learnt painting perhaps from one of the masters at the royal courtyard. He studied in Saxony and in Italy. According to Houbraken he painted portraits and lived together with the respected watercolor painter Willem Bouwer in Rome. He became a member of the Bentvueghels with the nickname Slagzwaart or Slach-sweerd.According to the RKD he was the teacher of the Prague painter Johann Georg Heinsch (1640-1713). Since 1638 he lived in Prague, where he worked on altarpieces for many churches, for example St. Thomas, St. Stephen or the Church of Our Lady in front of Týn.   Related Paintings of Karel skreta :. | St.Bernardino of Siena Preaching | Separation of Light from Darkness | portratt av pierre loti | Blossoming Red Almond | Landscape with Diogenes |
Related Artists:
Jan Weissenbruch
painted Johan Hendrik Louis Meijer in 1850 - 1866
Hannah Palmer
1818-93
WITTEL, Caspar Andriaans van
Dutch Baroque Era Painter, ca.1653-1736