Jan Kraeck
Illustration — Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy by Kraek • Illustration — Philip Emmanuel of Savoy, age five (1591), oil on linen, 128 x 91 cm, Madrid, Museo del Prado Jan Kraeck (1540, Haarlem – 1607, Turin, Giovanni Caracca), was a Dutch Renaissance painter who established his career in Italy, in the royal court of the House of Savoy in Turin.
Also recorded as Isidoro Carracca Carrach · Carragua Carrach · Isidoro Carracca Kraeck · Giovanni Caracca Fiamengo
Jan Kraeck
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- Jan Kraeck was born in 1540. · Haarlem.
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- Jan Kraeck is recorded as a citizen of Netherlands.
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Illustration — Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy by Kraek • Illustration — Philip Emmanuel of Savoy, age five (1591), oil on linen, 128 x 91 cm, Madrid, Museo del Prado Jan Kraeck (1540, Haarlem – 1607, Turin, Giovanni Caracca), was a Dutch Renaissance painter who established his career in Italy, in the royal court of the House of Savoy in Turin.
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According to Karel van Mander he was visited by Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom in 1585 in Turin. According to the RKD he was the father-in-law of the painter-architect Friedrich Sustris 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.
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• The Holy Family (1568–1578), Sabauda Gallery • Three armoured men in prayer in front of the Holy Virgin and Child (1568–1585), Sabauda Gallery • Portrait of Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy (1580), Fundacion Yannick y Ben Jakober • Portrait of Philip Emmanuel of Savoy, five years old (1591), Museo del Prado • Victor Amadeus I, 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
Madonna with the child - Jan Kraek
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1540
Jan Kraeck was born on 1 January 1540.
1607
Jan Kraeck died on 1 January 1607.
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Jan Kraeck was born at Haarlem.
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Jan Kraeck died at Turin.
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- “Jan Kraeck”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Ian Kraeck in Karel van Mander's Schilder-boeck, 1604, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- 2.Jan Kraeck in the RKD
- 3.Sacra Famiglia, beni-culturali.eu
- 4.tre armati in preghiera davanti alla Vergine con il Bambino, beni-culturali.eu
- 5.Nins catalogue, Fundacion Yannick y Ben Jakober
- 6.Felipe Manuel de Saboya a los cinco años, Museo del Prado
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- 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. ( )
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The authorities additionally record the headings Isidoro Carracca Carrach, Carragua Carrach, Isidoro Carracca Kraeck, Giovanni Caracca Fiamengo and Carracha Kraeck. His recorded language was Dutch.
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