Carl Ferdinand Fabritius (1637 – 21 January 1673) was a painter in the

Bishopric of Paderborn The Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn (german: Fürstbistum Paderborn; Hochstift Paderborn) was an ecclesiastical principality (Hochstift) of the Holy Roman Empire from 1281 to 1802. History The Diocese of Paderborn was founded in 799 by Pope ...

(German: ''Fürstbistum Paderborn''). Paderborn prince-bishop (German: ''Fürstbischof'') Ferdinand of Fürstenberg commissioned Fabritius to paint 63

landscape paintings Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a coherent composi ...

of the towns and villages in his

diocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...

from 1664 to 1667. The paintings were commissioned for display at the prince-bishop's residence Neuhaus near

Paderborn Paderborn (; Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader and ''Born'', an old German term for t ...

. Carl Ferdinand Fabritius was born in

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but lived in

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from 1659 to his death in 1673.Schaeffer A, von Wartenegg W, Dollmayr H, Glück G. ''Die Gemäldegalerie: Alte Meister''. Vienna: Adolf Holzhausen; 1907: p. 372.

List of works

* 1664 ''Schieder-Schwalenberg (Lippe), Ansicht mit Burg Schwalenberg'', oil on canvas, 88.5 × 103.5 cm, Erzbischöfliche Akademische Bibliothek Paderborn * 1665 ''Ambthaus u. Statt Liechtenaw Anno 1665'', oil on canvas, Erzbischöfliche Akademische Bibliothek Paderborn * 1665 ''Ambthauss Bocke 1665'', oil on canvas, Erzbischöfliche Akademische Bibliothek Paderborn * 1665 ''Closter Bödeke 1665'', oil on canvas, Erzbischöfliche Akademische Bibliothek Paderborn * 1666 ''Westenholzer Schling'', oil on canvas, Erzbischöfliche Akademische Bibliothek Paderborn

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fabritius, Carl Ferdinand 1637 births 1673 deaths People from Paderborn 17th-century German painters German male painters

List of works

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