Georg Petel, Munich, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum. Crucifix, circa 1617 – 1620. Ivory, height: 26,7 cm. Photo Foto: Walter Haberland, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum

MUNICH, GERMANY.- Haus der Kunst will present Georg Petel. Sculptor during the Thirty Years’ War, on view from May 9 through August 19, 2007. The Early Baroque is one of the more neglected periods in the history of German art. Many interesting artists who were able to hold their own, despite the turbulent living and working conditions, lived in Germany during the Thirty Years’ War. The painter and art writer Joachim von Sandrart (1606–1688) named many artists who were active at that time in his book, "Teutschen Academie der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Malereykünste." He particularly praised the achievements of a sculptor whose mobility and early death seemed to be characteristic of artists of this period: Georg Petel.  Lire la suite http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=20166

Georg Petel, Stuttgart, Landesmuseum Württemberg, Cherub, circa 1628 – 1633. Boxwood, height: 25,5 cm. Photo: Peter Frankenstein und Hendrik Zwietasch, Landesmuseum Württemberg