Karel Škréta

Karel Škréta
Karel Škréta, Public domain

(1610–1674) tjeckisk målare

Karel Škréta (1610–1674) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a printmaker. By year of birth, Karel Škréta belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

Karel Škréta was born in Prague and died in Prague. Wikidata associates Karel Škréta with Baroque. Karel Škréta became a member of Bentvueghels.

The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 21 works by Karel Škréta with free images. The dated works span the years 1630–1672. Works by Karel Škréta are held by several collections, among them Nationalgalleriet i Prag, Dresdens nationella konstsamlingar, National Gallery Prague, and Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, Hongren, Stefano della Bella, Susanna van Steenwijck, and Philip Fruytiers.