About this artwork
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artist:Denys Calvaert (1540 - 1619) Flemish
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title:An Angel
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Black chalk, heightened with white on blue paper, laid down (cut all round)
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measurements:27.00 x 17.30 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Miss M. Eyre Gift 1959
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accession number:D 4820 G
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Denys Calvaert
Denys Calvaert
Calvaert moved from Antwerp to Bologna, where his small colourful devotional paintings on copper became especially popular. He may have introduced this type of painting to the city, which became his home from about 1560. He concentrated on religious subjects, producing large altarpieces in addition...
