Carel fabritius

Carel Fabritius was a Dutch painter and one of Rembrandt's most gifted pupils. In the early 1640s he studied at Rembrandt's studio in Amsterdam, along with his brother. In the early 1650s he moved to Delft, and joined the Delft painters' guild in 1652. He died young, caught in the explosion of the Delft gunpowder magazine on October 12, 1654, which destroyed a quarter of the city, along with his studio and many of his paintings. Only about a dozen paintings have survived.

The Delft School artist’s meta bird painting found superstardom thanks to a 19th century critic - and Donna Tartt

Carel Fabritius (1622 - 1654) Dutch painter and one of Rembrandt's most gifted pupils. Oil on panel The Mauritshuis Museum, Netherlands The painting is one of the few surviving works by Rembrandt's most promising pupil, Carel Fabritiu. It is a touching portrait of a little bird standing against a white plastered wall on the lid of its feeder. Goldfinches were often trained to open their feed boxes and feed themselves. The painting was probably intended as a trompe l’oeil, an optical…

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Carel Fabritius Girl With Pet Parrot

Carel Fabritius - Head of an Old Man

Carel Fabritius - Hera

Carel Pietersz. Fabritius ( karl pitrs fabritsijs bapt. 27 February 1622 12 October 1654) was a Dutch painter. He was a pupil of Rembrandt and worked in his studio in Amsterdam. Fabritius, who was a member of the Delft School, developed his own artistic style and experimented with persp

Het Puttertje: The Goldfinch

The Goldfinch painting has some wild similarities to the plot of Donna Tartt's book. One could call it fate.