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Catalog Data

Artist:
Hemskirk, Martin 1498-1574  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Notes:
Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 73 (Sale info: For Sale).
"With his assistants, apparatus, utensils, &c., by Hemskirk, a very curious picture of this master. The composition and grouping is extremely good and the expression varies according to the different personages, very transparent and good colouring. Painted by Martin Hemskirk, born 1498, died 1574." [P. 10.]
Descriptive Catalogue of Original Cabinet Paintings, now arranged in the Gallery, Doggett's Repository of Arts, entrance at No. 16, Market-Street, and may be viewed every day, from 8 in the morning till sunset; being a truly splendid and valuable Collection of one hundred and sixty-four Cabinet Paintings in elegant frames; selected on the Continent of Europe, at the Expense of thirty thousand dollars, and are warranted to comprise the works of the Great Masters, from the 13th Century to the Present Time.
Topic:
Occupation--Occult--Alchemist  Search this
Figure group--Male  Search this
Architecture interior--Science--Laboratory  Search this
Control number:
AECI 03260073
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_67760