The Bookworm carl of austria maintained a strand of Mannerist

maintained a strand of Mannerist complexity and provincial vigor

It is considered "one of the most dynamic prints ever made"

He was a leading member of the Dutch followers of Caravaggio - the so-called Utrecht Caravaggisti

Luca Giordano was an Italian late Baroque painter and print-maker in etching

The Bookworm carl of austria maintained a strand of ManneristThe Bookworm is an 1857 oil on canvas painting by the German painter and poet Carl Spitzweg. The picture is typical of Spitzweg's humorous, anecdotal style and it is characteristic of Biedermeier art in general Carl Spitzweg was a German romanticist painter, especially of genre subjects. He is considered to be one of the most important artists of the Biedermeier era.