Gaspar de Crayer
(1584–1669) Flemish painter (1584-1669)
Gaspar de Crayer (1584–1669) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Gaspar de Crayer belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Gaspar de Crayer was born in Antwerp and died in Ghent. Gaspar de Crayer worked in Brussels and Ghent. Wikidata associates Gaspar de Crayer with Baroque.
The best-known works include ‘The adoration of the shepherds’, ‘The descent from the cross’, and ‘The resurrection of Christ’. The works belong mainly to the genres history painting and portrait painting. The catalogue has 90 works by Gaspar de Crayer with free images. The dated works span the years 1601–1700. Works by Gaspar de Crayer are held by several collections, among them Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Museo de la Trinidad, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jan Symonsz Pynas, Hendrick Goudt, Gerard ter, the elder Borch, Giovanni Carlone, and Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo.