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Brandl [Brandel; Prandl], Petr
(b Prague, 24 Oct 1660; d Kutná Hora, 24 Sept 1735). Bohemian painter. He was born into a craftsman’s family and apprenticed c. 1683–8 to Kristián Schröder (1655–1702), curator of the gallery of Prague Castle, where he met Italian and Dutch artists. Painters based in Prague who influenced him were the Swiss Johann Rudolf Bys, the Flemish Abraham Godyn ( fl 1679–93) and in particular the Austrian Michael Wenzel Halbax. From Halbax, Brandl derived a style employing chiaroscuro and remarkably substantial figures; from Michael Willmann and Jan Liska (c. 1650–1712) he adopted a freehand dynamic manner. His early works include St Mary Magdalene (1693; Mnísek pod Brdy, St Wenceslas) and the Annunciation (1697; Prague, N.G., Convent of St George); the influence of Halbax is particularly apparent c. 1700, in works such as the Beheading of St Barbara (1699; Manetín, St Barbara), but Brandl gradually advanced towards far more plastic portrayals in vividly contrasting colours, e.g. the Birth of the Virgin (1703; Doksany, abbey church).
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