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Carl Hilgers was a 19th century German landscape painter.
Carl Hilgers liked to paint winter landscapes shrouded in mist, often of locations around Düsseldorf. The paintings have a romantic character which is enhanced by occasional figures.
William Shakespeare was a British poet and playwright and writer.
William's father, John Shakespeare, was a merchant and official in Stratford. There are reports that he was a sailor for a time before joining a theater company in London. Beginning in the 1590s, Shakespeare began writing plays, and in 1593 he published a poem, Venus and Adonis, which became popular. He dedicated it to the Duke of Southampton, who was a philanthropist and patron of talent, and soon his business was booming.
From 1592 to 1600 Shakespeare wrote his dramas and romantic comedies "Richard III", "The Taming of the Shrew", "Romeo and Juliet", "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The Merchant of Venice", as well as the comedies "Much Ado About Nothing", "Twelfth Night" and the tragedy "Julius Caesar". The playwright's business was so successful that he even bought a large house in Stratford. In 1599, Shakespeare became one of the owners, playwright and actor of the new theater "Globe". In 1603 King James took Shakespeare's troupe under his direct patronage. In the mature period, the great playwright turned to tragedies, there were "Hamlet", "Othello", "King Lear", "Macbeth" and others.
Although in the 19th century researchers had some doubts about the authorship of many of these works, William Shakespeare is considered the greatest English playwright, one of the best playwrights in the world. His plays have been translated into all major languages and to this day form the basis of the world theatrical repertoire, most of them have been screened many times. According to the Guinness Book of Records, Shakespeare remains the world's best-selling playwright, and his plays and poems have sold more than 4 billion copies in the nearly 400 years since his death.
Giambattista Pittoni, an illustrious Venetian painter from the 18th century, was renowned for his religious, historical, and mythological artworks. His style, once established, remained consistent throughout his career, characterized by fluency and expressive theatricality, making his paintings timeless within the Venetian art scene. Despite being less traveled compared to his contemporaries, Pittoni received numerous international commissions, particularly from Germany, reflecting his widespread acclaim.
Giambattista Pittoni's works include altarpieces for various churches across Italy and notable commissions from European royalty and aristocracy. His patrons included Augustus II of Poland, Clemens August of Bavaria, and Philip V of Spain, showcasing his significant influence beyond Italian borders. His artistic journey was influenced by early interactions with Venetian painters like Sebastiano Ricci and later by the Rococo style, evident in his sophisticated and elegant use of color.
Giambattista Pittoni's legacy is evident in various collections, including the National Gallery, London, and the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice, which houses a collection of his preparatory studies. As a founding member and later president of the Venice Academy, his contributions to the art world were substantial, leaving an enduring impact on the Venetian art scene and beyond.
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Jacob Jordaens was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and tapestry designer known for his history paintings, genre scenes and portraits. After Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, he was the leading Flemish Baroque painter of his day. Unlike those contemporaries he never travelled abroad to study Italian painting, and his career is marked by an indifference to their intellectual and courtly aspirations. In fact, except for a few short trips to locations elsewhere in the Low Countries, he remained in Antwerp his entire life. As well as being a successful painter, he was a prominent designer of tapestries.
Like Rubens, Jordaens painted altarpieces, mythological, and allegorical scenes, and after 1640 — the year Rubens died — he was the most important painter in Antwerp for large-scale commissions and the status of his patrons increased in general. However, he is best known today for his numerous large genre scenes based on proverbs in the manner of his contemporary Jan Brueghel the Elder, depicting The King Drinks and As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young. Jordaens' main artistic influences, besides Rubens and the Brueghel family, were northern Italian painters such as Jacopo Bassano, Paolo Veronese, and Caravaggio.
