''Loth und seine Töchter'' (around 1649, Budapest)
Christoph(er) Paudißalso written: Pautitz, Paudiss or Bauditz (Karl Bosl: ''Bosls Bayerische Biographie'', Regensburg, Pustet, 1983, S. 574), or Christopher Paudiß (Dombergmuseum Freising /ref> (1630 in
Lower Saxony
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– 1666 in
Freising
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,
Upper Bavaria
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) was a
Bavaria
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n
Baroque
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and a student of
Rembrandt van Rijn
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.
Life
After working in
Stuttgart
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(1656),
Prague
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,
Dresden
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(1659–60),
Vienna
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and
Salzburg
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, he stayed his last four years in Freising where he worked for Fürstbischof Albrecht Sigismund von Bayern. He was married twice.
Work
His paintings and
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es show dark pictures of everyday life. The Freisinger Diözesanmuseum has the largest collection of his work (15), others are scattered around Europe.
List of paintings
(incomplete)
*Porträt eines jungen Mannes mit Pelzmütze, ca. 1660,
Hermitage Museum
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St. Petersburg since at least 1859
*Porträt eines Mannes, private, um 1661 (Budapest)
*Der alte Bauer mit dem Kälbchen und dem Metzger, 1662, Dombergmuseum Freising
*Frierende Kinder
*Der Marodeur
*Self-portrait
*Bildnis eines Heiducken in hoher Mütze, 59 x 51,5 cm,
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
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Dresden, Kat. 1930, Nr. 1995
*Küchenstillleben (55 cm x 69,5 cm)
*Küchentisch mit Pfeife, Heringen und Bier
*Der Bauer und das Kälbchen, 1662
*Vertreibung aus dem Tempel
*Heimkehr vom Markt
*Marter des Hl. Thiemo, 1662,
Kunsthistorisches Museum
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Vienna, Nr. GG 2284
Notes
Sources
*Karl Bosl: ''Bosls Bayerische Biographie'', Regensburg, Pustet, 1983, pp. 574–575