Das Gesicht (wohl aus einer Serie mit Allegorien der fXnf Sinne), Öl auf Leinwand, 117 x 93 cm
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75237
Das Gesicht
Öl auf Leinwand, 117 x 93 cm
Date 16th/17th century
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91065
Ecce Homo
1612-1613
Medium oil on panel
Dimensions 126 x 96 cm (49.6 x 37.8 in)
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89239
Scaldis und Antwerpia
1609
Medium oil on wood
Dimensions Deutsch: 174 x 308 cm
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88300
The Lamentation of Christ
c. 1624(1624)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 155 x 180.5 cm (61 x 71.1 in)
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84429
The Lamentation of Christ .
Date ca. 1624(1624)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 155 x 180.5 cm (61 x 71.1 in)
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Abraham Janssens
van Nuyssen (ca. 1567/1576 - 1632) was a Flemish Baroque painter.
He was born at Antwerp, in a year variously reported between 1567 and 1576. He studied under Jan Snellinck, was a master in 1602, and in 1607 was dean of the master-painters. He died in the city of his birth.
Till the appearance of Rubens he was considered perhaps the best historical painter of his time. The styles of the two artists are not unalike. In correctness of drawing Janssens excelled his great contemporary; in bold composition and in treatment of the nude he equalled him; but in faculty of color and in general freedom of disposition and touch he fell far short. A master of chiaroscuro, he gratified his taste for strong contrasts of light and shade in his torchlights and similar effects. Good examples of this master are to be seen in the Antwerp museum and the Vienna gallery. The stories of his jealousy of Rubens and of his dissolute life are quite unfounded.
His students include Gerard Seghers and Theodoor Rombouts.
