Artist: Balthasar Permoser (1651 - 1732)
Nationality: German
Movement: Baroque
Media: Sculpture
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Biography:
Born in Germany, Balthasar Permoser initially worked in Italy from 1675 to 1689. Bernini heavily influenced his sculpture. In 1689, he was appointed court sculptor in Dresden, where he lived the remainder of his life. His greatest sculptural achievement was the decoration of the Zwinger palace for Augustus the Strong. Permoser worked mostly wood, ivory, stone, and sometimes colored marble.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Balthasar Trocoso, Beato Francisco de Geronimo, circa 1806
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Joannes Meyssens, Portrait of Balthasar Gerbier , 17th century
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Jac. Balthasar Lidel, Psyche and Amor, 18th century
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Johann Balthasar Probst, [Untitled], 17th - 18th century
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Johann Balthasar Probst, [Untitled], 17th - 18th century
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Johann Balthasar Probst, [Untitled], 17th - 18th century
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Johann Balthasar Probst, [Untitled], 17th - 18th century
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Johann Balthasar Probst, [Untitled], 17th - 18th century
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Johann Balthasar Probst, [Untitled], 17th - 18th century
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Johann Balthasar Probst, Le Grand Pas, 17th - 18th century
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Johann Christopher Sysang, Augustinus Balthasar, etc., 18th century
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Johann Balthasar Probst, Horse Training series - Croupade, 1744
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Jac. Balthasar Lidel, Achilles and Deidamie; the surprises of love, 18th century
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Johann Balthasar Probst, Thetis caught by Peleus, 17th - 18th century
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Johann Balthasar Probst, Horse Training series - Title page, 1744
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Rene Lochon, Portrait of a Bishop, 1667, Balthasar Philipe aux de la Vrilliere, Abbas, 1667
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Johann Balthasar Probst, Achilles remains alive while Hector gets killed, 17th - 18th century
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Johann Balthasar Probst, Thetis annoints her son Achilles with Ambrosia so that he becomes invulnerable to danger, 17th - 18th century
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Johann Balthasar Probst, Thetis, tired of her husband, returns to her nymphs with Achilles, 17th - 18th century
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Johann Balthasar Probst, Achilles is given in care of the clever Chiron to acheive the art of fighting, 17th - 18th century
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Johann Balthasar Probst, During the night Achilles sleeps embedden in flames, unharmed, 17th - 18th century
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Claude Mellan, Balthasar de Vias (3 nudes holding aloft medallion and scroll), 16th - 17th century
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Ignace-Henri-Jean-ThÈodore Fantin-Latour, Le Mage Balthasar et Fatime, 19th - 20th century
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Johann Balthasar Probst, Achilles, victor equally over the courageous enemy and wild beast, 17th - 18th century
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Johann Balthasar Probst, Achilles, who is invulnerable except in his tendon, dies of a wound inflicted there. "Achilles Tendon", 17th - 18th century
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Johann Balthasar Probst, Thetis bathes her son Achilles in the river Styx to make him bullet-proof, 17th - 18th century
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Johann Balthasar Probst, Seeking revenge, Achilles attempts to kill his enemy, but the Gods prevent him from doing so, 17th - 18th century
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Johann Balthasar Probst, After the death of his friend Patrokles, Achilles decides to return to Troy, whereupon Thetis supplies him with new weapons, 17th - 18th century
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Johann Balthasar Probst, Thetis complains to Neptune of the imminent departure of Achilles to the battlefield of Troy and the possibility of his death, 17th - 18th century
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Johann Balthasar Probst, Seething with anger, Achilles crosses streams, while Vulcanus attempts to extinguish fires with his rivers, 17th - 18th century
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Johann Balthasar Probst, Agamemnon robs Achilles of his bride and loot. Achilles, enraged, draws his sword; advice is given to him to be patient, 17th - 18th century
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Nude Before a Mirror, 1955 Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski) (French, 1908-2001)Oil on canvas; 75 x 64
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Balthasar van der Ast - Still-Life 1622 oil on copper The Fitzwilliam Museum Dutch
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Count Balthasar Klossowski de Rola) Balthus - Solitaire 1943 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago French
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Artist: Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola Title: The Living Room Date: 1941 - 1943 Medium:
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Balthasar Klossowski de Rola - The Living Room 1941-43 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts French
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Balthasar van der Ast - Basket of Fruits c. 1622 oil on panel National Gallery of Art Dutch
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Balthasar van der Ast - Basket of Flowers c. 1622 oil on panel National Gallery of Art Dutch
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Balthasar van der Ast - Floral Still Life with Shells 1622 oil on copper Saint Louis Art Museum Dutch
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Balthasar van der Ast - Still Life with a Basket of Fruit 1622 oil on panel North Carolina Museum of Art Dutch

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Mississippi Art Pavilion: The Glory of Baroque Dresden
Among the highlights of the exhibition are Johann Vermeer’s “The Procuress” and the 41-carat “Dresden Green Diamond.”  Other artworks include twenty-seven Old Masters paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens, Titian, van Dyck, Veronese, Tintoretto, and Mant...

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