A Classified Synopsis of the Principal Painters of the Dutch and Flemish Schools, Their Scholars, Imitators, and Analogists: Including an Account of Some of the Early German Masters, Connected with Those of Flanders and HollandH.G. Bohn, 1855 - 416 pages |
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... instructed than they are likely to be by what the gallery now exhibits . It is appre- hended that the opportunity of obtaining fine specimens of these masters , by purchase , has been suffered to pass , whether from apathy and ...
... instructed than they are likely to be by what the gallery now exhibits . It is appre- hended that the opportunity of obtaining fine specimens of these masters , by purchase , has been suffered to pass , whether from apathy and ...
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... instructed by two able masters , Van Goyen and John Baptist Weenix : his own genius did the rest . Ruis- dael may be fairly placed at the head of the Dutch landscape painters , not only for the beauty of his selections from na- ture ...
... instructed by two able masters , Van Goyen and John Baptist Weenix : his own genius did the rest . Ruis- dael may be fairly placed at the head of the Dutch landscape painters , not only for the beauty of his selections from na- ture ...
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... instructed . His landscapes are in all respects original ; they bear no resemblance to the style of any previous painter with whose works we are acquainted , nor to any of his contemporaries ; neither have they been imitated or copied ...
... instructed . His landscapes are in all respects original ; they bear no resemblance to the style of any previous painter with whose works we are acquainted , nor to any of his contemporaries ; neither have they been imitated or copied ...
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... instructed by the last , as some state , is not so certain . He imitated him in the forms and grouping of his cattle , but in the handling there is not the freedom , nor in the colouring the transparency , of that master : his shadows ...
... instructed by the last , as some state , is not so certain . He imitated him in the forms and grouping of his cattle , but in the handling there is not the freedom , nor in the colouring the transparency , of that master : his shadows ...
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... instructed by his uncle in landscape and animal painting , and was very diligent in his studies . The scenery of his landscapes is well selected , and the figures and animals correctly drawn and touched with spirit ; he particularly ...
... instructed by his uncle in landscape and animal painting , and was very diligent in his studies . The scenery of his landscapes is well selected , and the figures and animals correctly drawn and touched with spirit ; he particularly ...
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