Karel Škréta

The authorities additionally record the headings Karel Šotnovský ze Závořic Škréta, Karl Sotnovsky Skreta, Karel Skréta, Karel Screta and Karel Sotnovsky Skreta.

One child is recorded: Karel Škréta the Younger.

Work by Karel Škréta is held by Belvedere, J. Paul Getty Museum, National Gallery of Canada and National Gallery Prague.

What the record establishes about Karel Škréta.

Karel Škréta is recorded with the occupation painter. Franz Anton Hovora Count Berka of Dubá and Lipá and Aloisia Ludovica Anna de Montecuccoli as Paris and Helena is dated 1670 and held by National Gallery Prague (inventory DO 4250). Portrait of Humprecht Johann Count Czernin of Chudenice (1628-1682) is dated 1655 and held by National Gallery Prague (inventory O 19123). Portrait of the Gem-Cutter Dionysius Miseroni and His Family is dated 1653 and held by National Gallery Prague (inventory O 560). Portrait of Maria Maximiliana von Sternberg (1641 - 1665) is dated 1665 and held by National Gallery Prague (inventory VO 54). Saint Charles Borromeo Visiting Plague-Stricken in Milan is dated 1647 and held by National Gallery Prague (inventory O 2579).

Portrait of Ignác Jetřich Vitanovský of Vlčkovice is dated 1669 and held by National Gallery Prague (inventory RK 159/417). Portrait of Count Johann Hartwig Graf Nostitz-Rieneck (1610-1683) is dated 1672 and held by Q120633383 (inventory KY08690). Portrait of the so-called Mathematician with his Wife is dated 1640 and held by National Gallery Prague (inventory O 21). Portrait of the Maltese Knight Bernard de Witte is dated 1651 and held by National Gallery Prague (inventory O 2652). The Maltese Bernhard de Witte is dated 1651 and held by Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (inventory Gal.-Nr. 1988). Holy Family with St Catherine and St Barbara is catalogued and held by National Gallery Prague (inventory O 1346).

St Martin Sharing His Cloak with a Beggar is dated 1650 and held by National Gallery Prague (inventory O 18930). Saint Ambrose is dated 1645 and held by Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (inventory Gal.-Nr. 1985). Saint Gregory is dated 1644 and held by Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (inventory Gal.-Nr. 1983). Portrait of a man with blond hair is dated 1649 and held by National Gallery Prague (inventory O 10). Apostle Paul is dated 1644 and held by Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (inventory Gal.-Nr. 1986). Saint Jerome is dated 1645 and held by Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (inventory Gal.-Nr. 1984).

Portrait of a Miniature Painter is catalogued and held by National Gallery Prague (inventory O 34). The Birth of Saint Wenceslas is dated 1640 and held by National Gallery Prague (inventory O 18924). Young Woman as Saint Agnes is catalogued and held by Hungarian National Gallery (inventory 76.8M). Portrait of a Painter is dated 1660 and held by National Gallery Prague (inventory O 104). Saint Wenceslaus. is dated 1650 and held by National Museum in Warsaw (inventory M.Ob.45). Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden records 5 objects associated with this heading.

The identifiers under which Karel Škréta may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Karel Škréta is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q728117.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 8 named public collections.

National Gallery Prague: 14 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. National Museum in Warsaw: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Belvedere: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Hungarian National Gallery: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Cleveland Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Q120633383: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Škréta, Karel, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Petra Zelenková (ed.), Karel Škréta (1610–1674) a univerzitní teze v českých zemích, Praha 2023, AUC HISTORIA UNIVERSITATIS CAROLINAE PRAGENSIS, 2025. Petra Zelenková (ed.), Karel Škréta 1610-1674 a univerzitní teze v českých zemích; Konrad Krčal, Das französische Thesenblatt im 17. Jahrhundert: drei Studien zur allegorischen Gattungsgenese, Umění, 2025. Petra Zelenková (ed.), Karel Škréta (1610–1674) a univerzitní teze v českých zemích, Praha 2023, Acta Universitatis Carolinae Historia Universitatis Carolinae Pragensis, 2025.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 18 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. The authority associates the name with Baroque.

Membership is recorded of Bentvueghels.

Work by Karel Škréta is recorded in the collections of Belvedere, J. Paul Getty Museum, National Gallery of Canada, National Gallery Prague and National Museum in Warsaw.