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Artists›Denys Calvaert

Denys Calvaert

1540–1619

WA-00023193

Antwerp, Belgium

DrawingBaroque

Representation

None documented

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80%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ544264

Field Verification (4 fields)

2 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikidata· 92%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q544264
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Movement

Baroque

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Drawing

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (9)

Saint Francis of Assisi Adoring the Virgin and Child

1607 · Black chalk on blue laid paper

52.1 × 31.2 cm (20 9/16 × 12 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

1605 · Oil on copper

23.5 × 18.1 cm (9 1/4 × 7 1/8 in.); Framed: 40.6 × 35.6 × 7.6 cm (16 × 14 × 3 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Putto Seated on Clouds

1600 · Black chalk heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue laid paper, laid down on card

19 × 14.9 cm (7 1/2 × 5 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Visitatie

1585 · brush on ink, paper, chalk, paint (coating)

width: 207 cm, height: 249 cm

Rijksmuseum

Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

1580 · Black chalk and brush and pale brown wash, heightened with lead white (partially discolored), on ivory laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

16.8 × 12.3 cm (6 5/8 × 4 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Studie van een naakte man (Hercules?) en twee hoofden van vrouwen

1573 · pen on ink, paper, chalk

width: 93 cm, height: 222 cm

Rijksmuseum

Hemelvaart van Christus

1570 · paint (coating), chalk, paper

width: 365 cm, height: 522 cm

Rijksmuseum

Geseling van Christus

1560 · brush on chalk, ink, paper

width: 323 cm, height: 443 cm

Rijksmuseum

Coronation of the Virgin

1540 · pen and brown ink on laid paper

overall: 19.7 x 15.9 cm (7 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Artwork sources (3)

9 published of 9 catalogued · 9 with image

Rijksmuseum
4 published4 img
Art Institute Chicago
4 published4 img
Nga
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Visitatie
1585 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Geseling van Christus
1560 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Hemelvaart van Christus
1570 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Studie van een naakte man (Hercules?) en twee hoofden van vrouwen
1573 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Baroque

Collections2

Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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National Gallery of Art

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