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DOI Artikel:Kozak, Anna; De Herdt, Jan [Ill.]: Jan de Herdt, a forgotten 17th century Flemish painter
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7. Jan de Herdt, Rinaldo Stopping Armida frorn Suicide, oil on canvas, Moravska Galerie in
Brno (photo: Moravska Galerie)
description of it. The painting was to represent the Emperor (i.e. the saint) who had a vision
of the cross in the clouds during the battle. Opinions of the work are divided. Cerroni34, who
praises the concept and the competent rendering of the body, criticises the ąuality of the drawing.
A. Schweigl35, on the other hand, praises the powerful, skillful drawing, inventiveness, and the
natural colour-scheme of the composition. Nothing is known about the remaining paintings
mentioned by Cerroni except what the author of the manuscript wrote. The painting Bethesda
Pool was once in the townhall of Brno and, once it had been pulled down, Athanasius Gottfried,
the prelate of Brno, and later the burgher Klenowski became the owners of the painting. Ac-
cording to Cerroni, its breadth was quite considerable. When Cerroni wrote his notes on Herdt,
the painting The Ascension of the Yirgin Mary was hanging in the oratory of St James’s. Further
histories of either of the paintings are unknown. They are not mentioned either in 19th century
guides to Brno or studies of art in Moravia like Schweigks or Hawlik’s. Nor was I able to locate
them during my visit to Brno.
34. Cerroni, op. cit.
35. A. Schweigl, op. cit., fol. 29.
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Brno (photo: Moravska Galerie)
description of it. The painting was to represent the Emperor (i.e. the saint) who had a vision
of the cross in the clouds during the battle. Opinions of the work are divided. Cerroni34, who
praises the concept and the competent rendering of the body, criticises the ąuality of the drawing.
A. Schweigl35, on the other hand, praises the powerful, skillful drawing, inventiveness, and the
natural colour-scheme of the composition. Nothing is known about the remaining paintings
mentioned by Cerroni except what the author of the manuscript wrote. The painting Bethesda
Pool was once in the townhall of Brno and, once it had been pulled down, Athanasius Gottfried,
the prelate of Brno, and later the burgher Klenowski became the owners of the painting. Ac-
cording to Cerroni, its breadth was quite considerable. When Cerroni wrote his notes on Herdt,
the painting The Ascension of the Yirgin Mary was hanging in the oratory of St James’s. Further
histories of either of the paintings are unknown. They are not mentioned either in 19th century
guides to Brno or studies of art in Moravia like Schweigks or Hawlik’s. Nor was I able to locate
them during my visit to Brno.
34. Cerroni, op. cit.
35. A. Schweigl, op. cit., fol. 29.
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