Page:Cracow - Lepszy.djvu/189

 ART FROM THE RENASCENCE With the accession of King Sigismund III, painter, goldsmith, turner, musician, and alchemist, in short, a dilettante in all branches of art, the domination of baroque style sets in. Being a warm friend and favourer of art, he gave equal protection to

many different tendencies: Italian colourists, Dutch and German masters, all had his support. Among the artists at Sigismund's Court, we find the Venetian master Thomas Dollabella, in company with the Northern ones, Danckerts de Ry and Peter