Giro Seelig | |
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Born | 1960 (age 63–64) |
Nationality | German |
Occupation(s) | curator, art historian |
Gero Seelig (born 1960) is a German art historian and curator based in Schwerin, Germany. He is the Old Masters Curator at the Staatliches Museum Schwerin, in Schwerin, where he has worked since 2001. [1] He is specialized in German and Dutch artists from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and has published extensively on prints, drawings, and paintings from these periods. [2] [3]
Seelig has played a crucial role in several significant exhibitions, such as "Medusa’s Menagerie," which highlighted the works of Otto Marseus van Schrieck, and "Crossroads: Frankfurt am Main as Market for Northern Art 1500-1800," where he contributed on the impact of artists like Jost Amman. [4] [5]
His research has also delved into the acquisition practices of the Mecklenburg-Schwerin court, bringing to light the historical context and provenance of numerous artworks. [6]
Gero Seelig's research and curatorial work often intersects with unique historical events and figures, such as his exploration of the 1749 presentation of the rhinoceros Clara at the Palace of Versailles, which he discussed in a 2024 episode of WDR's Zeitzeichen program. [7] [8]
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Carel Pietersz. Fabritius was a Dutch painter. He was a pupil of Rembrandt and worked in his studio in Amsterdam. Fabritius, who was a member of the Delft School, developed his own artistic style and experimented with perspective and lighting. Among his works are A View of Delft, The Goldfinch (1654), and The Sentry (1654).
Abraham Bloemaert was a Dutch painter and printmaker who used etching and engraving. He initially worked in the style of the "Haarlem Mannerists", but by the beginning of the 17th-century altered his style in line with the new Baroque style that was then developing. He mostly painted history subjects and some landscapes. He was an important teacher, who trained most of the Utrecht Caravaggisti.
Philips Wouwerman was a Dutch painter of hunting, landscape and battle scenes. He became prolific during the Dutch Golden Age and joined the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke.
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Heinrich Pommerencke (1821–1873) was a successful portrait painter of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
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The Sentry is an oil-on-canvas painting by Dutch artist Carel Fabritius, created in 1654. Its dimensions are 68 by 58 cm. The work is in the collection of the Staatliches Museum in Schwerin. It represents a resting sentry and a dog.
Portrait of Abraham de Potter, Amsterdam Silk Merchant is a 1649 portrait painting of silk merchant Abraham de Potter by Carel Fabritius. The oil painting on canvas is 68.5 by 57 cm. The work has been in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam since 1892.
Joachim Schmettau is a German sculptor.
Daniel Woge (1717-1797) was a German drawer (artists) and painter.
Friedrich Theodor Julius Schloepke was a German painter and illustrator. He worked in a wide variety of genres, including historical scenes, portraits and landscapes. Many of his paintings feature horses.
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The Portrait of a Man in a Wide-Brimmed Hat is a work by the Dutch Golden-Age artist Frans Hals. It was painted in about 1625–1635 and hangs in the Herzogliches Museum, part of the Friedenstein Palace complex at Gotha, Germany. It was stolen in 1979, recovered in 2019, and restored in 2020–2021.
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Hera or Hera Hiding During the Battle Between the Gods and the Giants is a c. 1643 oil on canvas painting by Carel Fabritius, produced during his apprenticeship in Rembrandt's studio or shortly afterwards. It is now in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.
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