Tommaso Dolabella
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Tommaso Dolabella was a Baroque
painter from Venice
, who settled in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
at the royal court
of King Sigismund III Vasa
. He was later supported by Sigismund's son, Władysław IV Waza. In Warsaw he opened a workshop for artists.
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
painter from Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
, who settled in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was a dualistic state of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch. It was the largest and one of the most populous countries of 16th- and 17th‑century Europe with some and a multi-ethnic population of 11 million at its peak in the early 17th century...
at the royal court
Royal court
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of King Sigismund III Vasa
Sigismund III Vasa
Sigismund III Vasa was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, a monarch of the united Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 to 1632, and King of Sweden from 1592 until he was deposed in 1599...
. He was later supported by Sigismund's son, Władysław IV Waza. In Warsaw he opened a workshop for artists.