Fabritius (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkaːrəl ˈpitərs faːˈbritsijʏs]; bapt. 27 February 1622 – 12 October 1654) was a Dutch painter. He was a pupil of Rembrandt and worked in his studio in Amsterdam.

Carel Fabritius was a Dutch Baroque painter of portraits, genre, and narrative subjects whose concern with light and space influenced the stylistic development of the mid-17th-century school of Delft.

Fabritius's few, but iconic paintings show the Dutch Golden Age painter a master of compositional illusionism and narrational ambiguity.

Dec 18, 2025 · He died in Delft at age 32 when an arsenal holding some 80,000 pounds of gunpowder exploded across the lane from his studio. Here we examine his output by looking at ten of his …

In studying the life and work of Carel Fabritius, one soon notices that scholarly interest in his artistry focuses on two different “periods:” a real one and an imagined one. Naturally, the most attention is …

Fabritius was tragically killed at the age of 32 when the Delft municipal gunpowder magazine exploded in 1654. The aftermath of this event was recorded in a painting by Egbert van der Poel.

Carel Fabritius was a Dutch 17th-century painter with a completely unique style. He painted portraits, still lifes, views of towns and cities and history paintings, often in bright colours and with clever …

Rembrandt van Rijn, Carel Fabritius · 1640s · reed pen and brown ink with brown wash and white gouache · 1942.9.665. Admission is always free.

He was Rembrandt's most gifted pupil and a painter of outstanding originality and distinction, but he died tragically young when the Delft gunpowder magazine exploded, devastating the town, and only a tiny …

May 6, 2025 · His best and favorite student, Carel Fabritius, had (at most) 15 years to develop his artistry, dying at the age of 32. He left only a dozen paintings and nine drawings.