JOHANN ROTTENHAMMER (attr. to) (Munich, 1564 - Augsburg, 1625) The Three Graces Oil on canvas, 29.5X21 cm Munich, Rome and Venice were the cities where the artist Hans Rottenhammer spent most of his life. After his apprenticeship, the painter moved to Italy in 1589, initially to Venice to draw inspiration from the masters of the lagoon school, then in 1594 to Rome, where his priority was the study of classical and Renaissance works. In the Eternal City he was an immediate success, his refined works were highly prized by collectors and his collaborations with Paul Bril and Jan Brueghel are documented; however, he returned to Venice in 1595 where he opened an atelier, marking the peak of his career. His production continued to follow that mythological and sensual vein characterised by elegant figures, adapting the illustrative motifs peculiar to the Venetian tradition onto copper plates and achieving results of extraordinary refinement. Exemplary in this regard is the painting under examination, which happily expresses those qualitative traits typical of the artist. Evident are the influences drawn from Paolo Veronese and Jacopo Tintoretto, without neglecting the suggestions of Titian and Sebastiano del Piombo. Reference bibliography: M. Bischoff, T. Fusenig, Hans Rottenhammer, Prague 2008-2009, ad vocem