Karel Škréta
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 351 years ago |
| Born | Prague |
| Czechia | |
| Date of died | July 30,1674 |
| Died | Prague |
| Czechia | |
| On view | J. Paul Getty Museum |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | |
| Národní galerie Praha ― Palác Kinských | |
| Periods | Baroque |
| Known for | Painting |
| Children | Karel Škréta the Younger |
| Job | Painter |
| Works | Verspottung Christi |
| The mocking of Christ | |
| Period by artworks | Baroque |
| Place of burial | Church of Our Lady before Týn, Prague, Czechia |
| Date of birth | January 1,1610 |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1569997 |
Karel Škréta Life story
Karel Škréta Šotnovský ze Závořic was a Czech portrait painter who worked in the Baroque style. He lived through the Thirty Years' War which caused him some hardships as a Protestant which led him to leave Prague for Saxony then Italy.