# Bartholomaeus Spranger's contemporaries

Artist galleries · hang 750 · 8 works

A few works by Bartholomaeus Spranger, then their contemporaries: makers of the same nationality born within 25 years of them, then works from the same century and place.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Section 1, north wall

1. [Ceres and Bacchus](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/ceres-and-bacchus-cma-97169), Bartholomaeus Spranger, 1600s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-bartholomaeus-spranger/ceres-and-bacchus-cma-97169?hang=750)
2. [St. John the Evangelist](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/st-john-the-evangelist-aic-264832), Bartholomaeus Spranger, c. 1590. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-bartholomaeus-spranger/st-john-the-evangelist-aic-264832?hang=750)

## Their contemporaries

3. [Title page, from The Seven Vices](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/title-page-from-the-seven-vices-aic-271107), Hieronymous Wierix, c. 1598. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-bartholomaeus-spranger/title-page-from-the-seven-vices-aic-271107?hang=750)
4. [Goose and Duck Hunt with Falcons \[above right\]; Goose Hunt \[below right\]](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/goose-and-duck-hunt-with-falcons-above-right-goose-hunt-belo-si-chndm-1901-39-151-b), Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, ca. 1596-99. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-bartholomaeus-spranger/goose-and-duck-hunt-with-falcons-above-right-goose-hunt-belo-si-chndm-1901-39-151-b?hang=750)

## Their contemporaries, second

5. [The Marketplace in Bergen op Zoom](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-marketplace-in-bergen-op-zoom-nga-57418), Abel Grimmer, probably 1590 and 1597. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-bartholomaeus-spranger/the-marketplace-in-bergen-op-zoom-nga-57418?hang=750)
6. [The Carnival (or the Prodigal Son)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-carnival-or-the-prodigal-son-aic-272395), Jan Sadeler, I, 1588. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-bartholomaeus-spranger/the-carnival-or-the-prodigal-son-aic-272395?hang=750)

## Their contemporaries, third

7. [Johann Georg von Gödelmann, Law Professor, Diplomat](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/johann-georg-von-godelmann-law-professor-diplomat-aic-267736), Aegidius Sadeler, II, c. 1601. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-bartholomaeus-spranger/johann-georg-von-godelmann-law-professor-diplomat-aic-267736?hang=750)
8. [Spes, plate 2 from The Seven Virtues](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/spes-plate-2-from-the-seven-virtues-aic-271117), Hieronymous Wierix, c. 1598. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-bartholomaeus-spranger/spes-plate-2-from-the-seven-virtues-aic-271117?hang=750)

## Doors

- [More Northern Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/northern-renaissance?hang=750&via=continue) (62 works)
- [16th-century Flanders](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-flanders?hang=750&via=continue) (17 works)