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| Daniel Seiter Judgment of Paris ca. 1675-1700 oil on canvas Chiswick House, London |
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| Daniel Seiter Apollo and Daphne ca. 1675-1700 oil on canvas Chiswick House, London |
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| attributed to Daniel Seiter Venus and Cupid before 1705 oil on canvas Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
"Daniel Seiter was born in Vienna in 1649. Originally a military engineer, he turned to painting in Venice about 1670 and made rapid progress under the tutelage of Johann Carl Loth. He soon established his independence and received many contracts from the Venetian aristocracy. After twelve years in Venice, toward the middle of the 1680s, he traveled to Verona and Milan, and was active in both cities for a few months. He then went on – via Parma, Modena, Bologna and Florence – to Rome. In 1688 he was called by Vittorio Amadeo II to Turin where he began the painting of several rooms in the ducal palace, an extensive project to which he applied himself, with the exception of two extended visits to Rome, until the end of his life. . . . Despite his Viennese background, Seiter reveals few specifically Germanic qualities in his works. To Loth he was indebted for his robustly bold and energetically animated compositions, for his broad and (so to speak) flake-like application of paint and his effective use of color. These are qualities which were later combined with a certain Roman elegance and nobility, and which were quite lacking in his teacher. Seiter's talent was of a rather superficial nature, however; one discovers in his work neither profound psychological insight nor a personal manner of representation. A particular predilection for depictions with erotic overtones is unmistakable. He was very secure in his drawing of the nude figure, and despite all his attempts at elegance, these always contain a certain earthy power and succulence."
– Hermann Voss, from Baroque Painting in Rome (1925), revised and translated by Thomas Pelzel (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy, 1997)
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| Daniel Seiter Diana with the Corpse of Orion 1685 oil on canvas Musée du Louvre |
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| Daniel Seiter Dead Christ adored by Angels and Two Franciscans ca. 1675-1700 oil on canvas Museo Diocesano Tridentino, Trento |
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| Daniel Seiter Dead Christ with the Madonna and St John the Evangelist before 1705 oil on canvas Stockport Museums, Manchester |
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| Daniel Seiter Jacob's Dream before 1705 oil on canvas Fondazione Sorgente Group, Rome |
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| attributed to Daniel Seiter Hercules releasing Prometheus before 1705 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Daniel Seiter Drunkenness of Noah before 1705 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Daniel Seiter Figure Study before 1705 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Daniel Seiter Martyrdom of St Lawrence 1685 drawing Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf |
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| Daniel Seiter Martyrdom of St Lawrence 1685 drawing National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Daniel Seiter Mythological Group with Juno and Peacock before 1705 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Daniel Seiter Archangel Michael arousing the Dead on Judgment Day before 1705 drawing British Museum |