Bartholomeus Spranger and Michiel de Joncquoy in Sant'Oreste

Abstract

The article discusses the sixteenth century Flemish mural painters Bartholomeus Spranger (Antwerp 1546-Prague 1611) and Michiel de Joncquoy, whose works for Italian patrons near Rome, Italy have recently been discovered, identified or analyzed. Some of these works were commissioned to be placed in church structures on the mountain of Sant'Oreste in Italy, particularly at the Church of San Lorenzo. A major biographical source for the life of Spranger and his travels in Italy comes from the writings of the Dutch muralist and painter Karel van Mander.