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| Bartholomeus Spranger Sufferings of Christ late 16th century oil on copper private collection |
"Edgar Peters Bowron has rightly asserted that the great era of copper paintings was relatively brief, from 1575 to 1650, although later painters occasionally did use the medium. ... It was the beginning of the Baroque that saw the greatest use of copper in Rome and Bologna. With it, painters produced especially brilliant treasures for the cabinets of private collectors, and devotional pictures of uncommon visual impact."
– from Captured Emotions : Baroque Painting in Bologna, 1575-1725, edited by Andreas Henning and Scott Schaefer (Getty Museum, 2008)
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| Giovanni Battista Naldini Christ carrying the Cross 1560s oil on copper private collection |
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| Cornelis van Poelenburgh Annunciation 1635 oil on copper Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Jan Brueghel the Elder Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee ca. 1596 oil on copper Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Cornelis de Baellieur Virgin & Child Enthroned 17th century oil on copper private collection |
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| Annibale Carracci Stoning of Stephen 1603-04 oil on copper Louvre |
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| Joachim Wtewael Holy Family with Saints and Angels ca. 1606-10 oil on copper Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Adam Elsheimer Judith Beheading Holofernes 1609-10 oil on copper Wellington Museum, Apsley House, London |
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| Adam Elsheimer Jacob's Dream early 17th century oil on copper Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt |
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| Bartolomeo Passerotti Holy Family ca. 1572 oil on copper private collection |
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| Palma Giovane Christ at the Probatic Pool 16th century oil on copper private collection |
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| Giuseppe Cesari Betrayal of Christ 1596-97 oil on copper Galleria Borghese, Rome |
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| Orazio Gentileschi Landscape with St Christopher ca. 1605-10 oil on copper Staatliche Museen, Berlin |
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| Orazio Gentileschi David with the Head of Goliath ca. 1610 oil on copper Staatliche Museen, Berlin |