Christian Berentz

Christian Berentz, or Bernetz (1658–1722), was a German Baroque painter.

Biography Berentz was born in Hamburg, Germany. According to the RKD pupil, he was the pupil of Hermann Kamphusen from 1667 to 1673 and then, from 1673 to 1677, a pupil of Georg Hainz. He travelled through the Netherlands in the years 1677–1679, and in 1679 he travelled to Venice and from there to Rome, where he stayed until 1722. He died in Rome in 1722.