Johann Jakob Hartmann
Czech, 1680–1730
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Johann Jakob Hartmann was probably born in around 1658 and he lived and worked in Bohemia until at least 1736. He was the first artist in the region to specialize in landscape painting and drew inspiration from Flemish masters, like Jan Brueghel the Elder and Gillis van Coninxloo, who had been active roughly a century before him. Hartmann’s art is characterized by his meticulous forest landscapes, which he enriched with a varied staffage. In addition to his allegorical themes, there are also religious and secular subjects by this master.