John de Calcar
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John de Calcar (or Kalcker) (1499 – 1546), Italian painter, was born at Calcar, in the duchy of Cleves.
He was a disciple of Titian at Venice, and perfected himself by studying Raphael. He imitated those masters so closely as to deceive the most skillful critics.
Among his various pieces is a "Nativity," representing the angels around the infant Christ, which he arranged so that the light emanated wholly from the child. He spent most of his life in Naples, where he died.[1]
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"Jan Stephanus van Kalcker". Catholic Encyclopedia. (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
