Michael Willmann

Michael Willmann
Self portrait, 1682
Born
Michael Willmann

(1630-09-27)27 September 1630
Königsberg, Duchy of Prussia
Died15 August 1706(1706-08-15) (aged 75)
Leubus, Holy Roman Empire
NationalityDutch
EducationJacob Adriaensz Backer
Known forPainting
Notable workThe Martyrdom of the Apostles cycle
MovementBaroque

Michael Leopold Lukas Willmann (27 September 1630 – 26 August 1706) was a German painter. The Baroque artist became known as the "Silesian Rembrandt",[1][2] "Silesian Apelles"[3] or "Silesian Raphael"[4] and has been called the greatest Silesian painter of the baroque period.[5]

  1. ^ Kaczorowska, Katarzyna (2014-02-10). "Na tropach Michała Willmanna. Śląski Rembrandt przyprawia o wielkie emocje". Gazeta Wrocławska (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  2. ^ Norman Davies; Roger Moorhouse (31 December 2011). Microcosm: A Portrait of a Central European City. Random House. pp. 178–. ISBN 978-1-4481-1408-5.
  3. ^ Kozieł, Andrzej (2000). "Wielkie przedsiębiorstwo czy mała rodzinna firma? Kilka hipotez na temat warsztatu Michaela Willmanna". Willmann i inni. Malarstwo, rysunek i grafiki na Śląsku i w krajach ościennych w XVII i XVIII wieku. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  4. ^ Albert August Scholz (9 November 2013). Silesia: Yesterday and Today. Springer. pp. 14–. ISBN 978-94-017-6002-7.
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