RUTHART; CARL BORRO腢S ANDREAS
1630 Danzig - after 1703 Aquila

Hunting Piece with Leopards Killing a Deer. Oil on canvas. Relined. 68 x 82cm. Framed.

Ruthart's steering towards animal paintings is especially owed to his contact with Flemish animal and still life painters during his stay in Antwerp (1663/64 traceable in the Antwerp guild).
His travels led him via Regensburg and Vienna to Venice and Rome where he eventually joined the C鰈estinerkloster Sant'Eusebio (monastery) in 1672. Shortly afterwards and until his death he is; however; recorded as a monk (Peter Andrea) at the monastery S. Maria di Collemaggio in L'Aquila (Abruzzi).
Even away from the world in his monastic being he sticks to the genre of animal and hunting paintings. Royal collections up to Cosimo III de'Medici aqcuire his paintings.
Carl Borro鋟s Ruthart is ranked among the best animal painters of the 17th century.
Art trade; Van Ham.