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Source Description
Joseph Werner was born in the Swiss city of Berne in 1637. He was a pupil of Merian in Frankfurt and of Berrettini and others in Rome. Although he specialized in the medium of miniature, he painted finely executed mythological and allegorical subjects as well as portraits. He worked at the French court from about 1666–7, and then for a time in Augsburg and Vienna. In 1682 he returned to Berne, where he founded an academy of painting.
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Document identity
localId
15006
label
Allegorical Figure of Europa
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object
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1
Source metadata
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15006
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object
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normalized
title
Allegorical Figure of Europa
description
Joseph Werner was born in the Swiss city of Berne in 1637. He was a pupil of Merian in Frankfurt and of Berrettini and others in Rome. Although he specialized in the medium of miniature, he painted finely executed mythological and allegorical subjects as well as portraits. He worked at the French court from about 1666–7, and then for a time in Augsburg and Vienna. In 1682 he returned to Berne, where he founded an academy of painting.
provenance
E. F. Bonaventure, New York [date and mode of acqisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1680
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Miniatures
miniatures (paintings)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
12.4
height
8.9
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 7/8 x W: 3 1/2 in. (12.4 x 8.9 cm)
Source extras
med
watercolor on vellum
creator_ids
33072
collection_ids
EAN
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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16e2d7b729f6069e