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Dirck van Baburen, born around 1595 and deceased in Utrecht in 1624, belonged to the Utrecht Caravaggisti. Trained by Paulus Moreelse, he worked in Italy, where he encountered the painting of Caravaggio and his followers. In Rome, he participated in the decoration of a chapel at San Pietro in Montorio in 1617. His return to Utrecht around 1621 helped disseminate new models for religious painting and genre scenes.
His half-length figures appear close to the viewer, their bodies modelled through emphatic contrasts of light and shade. He was among the first painters to introduce single figures of musicians into the northern Netherlands. The Procuress of 1622, held by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, concentrates its narrative in hands and glances. The centrally placed lute contributes to the scene’s meaning as a transaction involving love.
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Oil on canvas
Jesus unter den Schriftgelehrten
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2017-11-18
Published result : 297600 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 150000
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Oil on canvas
D’après Dirck van Baburen — Mise au tombeau
huile sur toile
D'après
Catalogue period : 2019-04-30
After
Published result : 1500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000–2000
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