''Loth und seine Töchter'' (around 1649, Budapest)
Christoph(er) Paudißalso written: Pautitz, Paudiss or Bauditz (Karl Bosl: ''Bosls Bayerische Biographie'', Regensburg, Pustet, 1983, S. 574), or Christopher Paudiß (Dombergmuseum Freising /ref> (1630 in
Lower Saxony
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– 1666 in
Freising
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Location
Freising is the oldest town between Regensburg and Bolzano, and is located on the ...
,
Upper Bavaria
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) was a
Bavaria
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painter
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and a student of
Rembrandt van Rijn
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Prague
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,
Dresden
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(1659–60),
Vienna
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Salzburg
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, he stayed his last four years in Freising where he worked for Fürstbischof Albrecht Sigismund von Bayern. He was married twice.
Work
His paintings and frescoes show dark pictures of everyday life. The Freisinger Diözesanmuseum has the largest collection of his work (15), others are scattered around Europe.
List of paintings
(incomplete)
*Porträt eines jungen Mannes mit Pelzmütze, ca. 1660,
Hermitage Museum
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St. Petersburg since at least 1859
*Porträt eines Mannes, private, um 1661 (Budapest)
*Der alte Bauer mit dem Kälbchen und dem Metzger, 1662, Dombergmuseum Freising
*Frierende Kinder
*Der Marodeur
*Self-portrait
*Bildnis eines Heiducken in hoher Mütze, 59 x 51,5 cm,
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
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Dresden, Kat. 1930, Nr. 1995
*Küchenstillleben (55 cm x 69,5 cm)
*Küchentisch mit Pfeife, Heringen und Bier
*Der Bauer und das Kälbchen, 1662
*Vertreibung aus dem Tempel
*Heimkehr vom Markt
*Marter des Hl. Thiemo, 1662,
Kunsthistorisches Museum
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Vienna, Nr. GG 2284
Notes
Sources
*Karl Bosl: ''Bosls Bayerische Biographie'', Regensburg, Pustet, 1983, pp. 574–575