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CALCAR (or KALCKER), JOHN DE (1499-1546)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 968 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CALCAR (or KALCKER), See also:JOHN DE (1499-1546)  , See also:Italian painter, was See also:born at See also:Calcar, in the duchy of See also:Cleves . He was a See also:disciple of See also:Titian at See also:Venice, and perfected himself by studying See also:Raphael . He imitated those masters so closely as to deceive the most skilful critics . Among his various pieces is a Nativity, representing the angels around the See also:infant See also:Christ, which he arranged so that the See also:light emanated wholly from the See also:child . He died at See also:Naples .

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