Artist
Christian Melich
d. 1670
Christian Melich was a Dutch Golden Age artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Bavarian State Painting Collections. Christian Melich was born in Antwerp.
A Czech painter from the early 1600s, Christian Melich specialized in polished oil portraits and sweeping cityscapes. His View of Warsaw from Vistula river (oil on canvas, 1620) records a bustling river crossing with boats and spires, while the Portrait of King Władysław IV Vasa (oil on canvas, 1640) shows the monarch in armor and ermine. Slide to the king’s portrait to see the lace and light Melich captured so crisply.
Works by Christian Melich
Collections represented
Museum
Bavarian State Painting Collections
The Bavarian State Painting Collections, based in Munich, Germany, oversees artwork held by the Free State of Bavaria. It was established in 1799 as Centralgemäldegaleriedirektion. Artwork includes…