Jan Kraeck (1540,

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– 1607,

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, ), was a

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painter who established his career in

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, in the

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of the

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in Turin.

Biography

According to Karel van Mander he was visited by Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom in 1585 in Turin.Ian Kraeck
in

Karel van Mander Karel van Mander (I) or Carel van Mander IKarel van Mander
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History ...

's ''

Schilder-boeck or is a book written by the Flemish writer and painter Karel van Mander first published in 1604 in Haarlem in the Dutch Republic, where van Mander resided. The book is written in 17th-century Dutch and its title is commonly translated into En ...

'', 1604, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature According to the RKD he was the father-in-law of the painter-architect

Friedrich Sustris Friedrich Sustris (c. 1540, in Padua – 1599, in Munich) was an Italian-Dutch painter, decorator and architect. He was a son of the artist Lambert Sustris, who worked in Italy. Sustris got his training from his father Lambert in Venice and Pad ...

and became court painter to Emanuel Philibert, duc de Savoie and after the duke died in 1580, to the duke's successor Charles Emanuel I.Jan Kraeck
in the

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Works

*''The

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'' (1568-1578),

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*''Three armoured men in prayer in front of the Holy Virgin and Child'' (1568-1585), Sabauda Gallery *''Portrait of

Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy Charles Emmanuel I (; 12 January 1562 – 26 July 1630), known as the Great, was the Duke of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 30 August 1580 until his death almost 50 years later in 1630, he was the longest-reigning Savoyard monarch ...

'' (1580), Fundacion Yannick y Ben JakoberNins catalogue
Fundacion Yannick y Ben Jakober *''Portrait of Philip Emmanuel of Savoy, five years old'' (1591),

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Felipe Manuel de Saboya a los cinco años
Museo del Prado *''

Victor Amadeus I Victor Amadeus I (; 8 May 1587 – 7 October 1637) was the Duke of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 26 July 1630 until his death in 1637. He was also known as the ''Lion of Susa''. He was succeeded by two of his sons; Francis Hya ...

, Emmanuel Philibert and Philip Emmanuel of Savoy'' (1593-1594), Fundacion Yannick y Ben Jakober *''Portrait of Philip Emmanuel of Savoy'' (c. 1603, attributed), Fundacion Yannick y Ben Jakober

References

Bibliography

*Astrua Paola, Bava Anna Maria, Spantigati Carla Enrica, ''Il nostro pittore fiamengo'' (''Our Flemish Painters''), Giovanni Carraca alla corte dei Savoia (1568–1607), Turin, Umberto Allemandi & C, 1955, 2002 and 2006 editions. ()

External links

Biography at the Museo del Prado Online Encyclopedia

Jan Kraeck
on

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