Christoph Gertner
A German Painting of The Adoration of the Shepherds , c. 1605-10
10 7/16" x 5 1/2"
H1065
Oil on black Belgian marble and alabaster, with the Holy family and shepherds below, the upper section with angels on alabaster representing the heavens, the banderole with the text 'Gloria...
Oil on black Belgian marble and alabaster, with the Holy family and shepherds below, the upper section with angels on alabaster representing the heavens, the banderole with the text "Gloria / In Excelsis Deu"
Due to stylistic similarities to Joseph Heitz and Hans von Aachen, it is thought that Gertner spent time painting in the court in Prague around 1600. He would continue to work in the courts of the Holy Roman Empire, in 1604 he served as the official Court Painter to Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel before leaving for the Archbishopric of Brandenburg in 1621.
This work is dated within Gertner's Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel years, a prolific and important period of the artist's oeuvre.
Due to stylistic similarities to Joseph Heitz and Hans von Aachen, it is thought that Gertner spent time painting in the court in Prague around 1600. He would continue to work in the courts of the Holy Roman Empire, in 1604 he served as the official Court Painter to Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel before leaving for the Archbishopric of Brandenburg in 1621.
This work is dated within Gertner's Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel years, a prolific and important period of the artist's oeuvre.
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