Salomon Adler (before 3 March 1630 – 1709 in

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) was a German painter of the

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period, active in Milan and

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as a portrait painter. He was the mentor of Fra' Galgario. Born in Danzig (

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), died in Milan.

Biography

Adler came from a family of cloth makers in Gdansk. He was of Lutheran faith. His manner of painting (reminiscent of

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and his predilection for oriental clothing in his portraits) suggests an early education in Gdansk. Perhaps he was again the same age as Andreas Ruthardt the painter

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in Gdansk in the doctrine and probably went with him before 1653 to Italy (1653 is his baptismal record in Gdansk in Italy handed down). His artworks show the influence of portrait painters from Venice ( Nicolò Renieri and Tiberio Tinelli). In the years from 1679 to 1691, he was demonstrably in Milan. He was much appreciated as a portrait painter. He was the teacher of Fra' Galgario (Vittore Ghislandi), who went to Milan to study his works being portrayed several times. Rembrandt may also have influenced him through his pupil Wilhelm Drost, who was temporarily in Venice. In addition, the school of ''tenebrosi'' with its light-dark contrasts on him. Self-portraits of Adler can be found in Bergamo, Milan ( Brera gallery and collection Franco Marinotti), Budapest (possibly a replica of the Self-portrait in the

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), and in the Uffizi and the Museo Bardini in Florence. In addition to Rembrandt, the French court painter Hyacinthe Rigaud is also mentioned as an influence. The only work signed by Adler is the portrait of a young man in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg, which was acquired in 1963 from the Italian art trade. Known are over a dozen paintings, almost all portraits (except a ''Judith'' and an allegory). In 1955 there was an exhibition of him in the Palazzo della Ragione (Bergamo). A self-portrait was found in the Brera in Milan.''Pinacoteca della Reale Accademia di Belle Arti in Milano''
By Accademia di Belle Arti (Milan, Italy).

References

* ''Nancy, Musée des beaux-arts: peintures italiennes et espagnoles, XIVe–XIXe siècle'', Clara Gelly; Published 2006; IAC Éditions; . Entry 215. {{DEFAULTSORT:Adler, Salomon 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters German Baroque painters 17th-century German painters 17th-century births 1709 deaths 18th-century Italian male artists

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