Christoph Paudiß (1630, Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

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 – 1666, Freising

Freising

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, Upper Bavaria

Upper Bavaria

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) was a Bavaria

Bavaria

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n Baroque

Baroque

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 painter

Painting

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 and a student of Rembrandt van Rijn.

Life

After working in Stuttgart

Stuttgart

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 (1656), Prague

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, Dresden

Dresden

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 (1659–60), Vienna

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 and Salzburg

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, he stayed his last four years in Freising where he worked for Fürstbischof Albrecht Sigismund von Bayern. He was married twice.

Work

His paintings and fresco

Fresco

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es show dark pictures of everyday life. The Freisinger Diözesanmuseum has the largest collection of his work (15), others are scattered around Europe.

List of paintings

(incomplete)

• Porträt eines jungen Mannes mit Pelzmütze, ca. 1660, Hermitage Museum
  Hermitage Museum
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   St. Petersburg since at least 1859
• Porträt eines Mannes, private, um 1661 (Budapest)
• Der alte Bauer mit dem Kälbchen und dem Metzger, 1662, Dombergmuseum Freising
• Frierende Kinder
• Der Marodeur
• Self-portrait
• Bildnis eines Heiducken in hoher Mütze, 59 x 51,5 cm, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
  Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
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   Dresden, Kat. 1930, Nr. 1995
• Küchenstillleben (55 cm x 69,5 cm)
• Küchentisch mit Pfeife, Heringen und Bier
• Der Bauer und das Kälbchen, 1662
• Vertreibung aus dem Tempel
• Heimkehr vom Markt
• Marter des Hl. Thiemo, 1662, Kunsthistorisches Museum
  Kunsthistorisches Museum
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  Vienna, Nr. GG 2284

External links

• „Christopher Paudiß (1630-1666). Der bayerische Rembrandt?“ − Ausstellung im Dombergmuseum Freising vom 30. März bis 8. Juli 2007 (German, retrieved 2007-04-30)