Denis van Alsloot
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Mechelen
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– c. 1626) was a Flemish
Flemish people
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Baroque
Baroque
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painter.
Biography
He initially painted using the style of Gillis van ConinxlooGillis van Coninxloo
Gillis van Coninxloo was a Dutch painter of forest landscapes, the most famous member of a large family of artists. He travelled through France, and lived in Germany for several years to avoid religious persecution....
, but after 1610 gradually developed a style of his own. This style can be seen in paintings such as The feast of the Ommegang (Museo del Prado
Museo del Prado
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, Madrid
Madrid
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) and Procession to Mary
Mary (mother of Jesus)
Mary , commonly referred to as "Saint Mary", "Mother Mary", the "Virgin Mary", the "Blessed Virgin Mary", or "Mary, Mother of God", was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee...
at the Zavel in Brussels (Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
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, London
London
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).
At the beginning of the 17th century, in either 1600 or 1606, his career rose when he served as court painter to Albert
Albert VII, Archduke of Austria
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and Isabella
Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain
Isabella Clara Eugenia of Austria was sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands in the Low Countries and the north of modern France, together with her husband Albert. In some sources, she is referred to as Clara Isabella Eugenia...
.
Hendrick de Clerck sometimes painted the people (Dutch: stoffering or stoffage) in his landscape works.
Van Alsloot's work can be regarded as a precursor to modern Landscape art
Landscape art
Landscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works landscape backgrounds for figures can still...
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External links
- van Alsloot Gallery
- Denis van Alsloot Paitings Gallery (Public Domain Paintings - www.art.onilm.com)