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A Flemish painter from Antwerp, Denis Calvaert settled in Bologna around 1560 and built a career devoted mainly to religious subjects. Small paintings on copper formed one part of his production alongside large altarpieces. The school he established in the city helped train painters including Guido Reni and Domenichino. In Italy he was also known as Dionisio Fiammingo, a name that referred to his northern origins.
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist in a Landscape, dated about 1590–1600 and held in Edinburgh, depicts a rest during the Flight into Egypt. Instruments of Christ’s Passion appear above the group; the copper support encourages a finely finished coloured surface. In Washington, his Coronation of the Virgin, drawn in pen and brown ink on laid paper, bears the artist’s own inscription, “dionisio”.
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Oil on copper
Umkreis Der Heilige Franziskus vor dem Gekreuzigten
Öl auf Kupfer
Catalogue period : 2025-12-02
Published result : 1100 CHF
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Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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Oil on copper
Umkreis Der Heilige Franziskus vor dem Gekreuzigten
Öl auf Kupfer
Catalogue period : 2021-06-18
Published result : 2000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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