Artists

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  Abel Mourned by his Parents $AU 278.27 ~ 1,116.12
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  Judith and Holophernes $AU 279.86 ~ 1,194.11
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  Apollo and Mars $AU 282.29 ~ 1,151.65
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  Venus in front of the Mirror $AU 282.77 ~ 1,156.02
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  The Death of Cleopatra $AU 288.86 ~ 1,209.98
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  The Ecstasy of St Paul $AU 268.58 ~ 1,030.13

Johann Liss (c. 1597 Oldenburg in Holstein-c. 1630 Venice) was a pupil in the workshop of his parents, both of whom were painters. Beginning in 1614 he spent his journeyman's years in Haarlem, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Paris, and Venice, settling in Rome in 1622. Toward the end of the 1620s he returned to Venice, where he died of plague at the approximate age of 33. In his short life, reliable documented by Joachim von Sandrart (1605-1688), Liss underwent an amazing artistic development. He began painting in the Haarlem style, Jordaens, and finally influenced by Caravaggio and Domenico Fetti, developed a style of his own that was to revitalize the Venetian Baroque. In addition to his drawings and paintings, typefied by an outstanding composition of figures, Liss also produced graphic works. Works by the artist include Judith, c. 1625, Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden; and The inspiration of St. Jerome, c. 1627, San Niccolo da Tolentino, Venice.