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REMBRANDT VAN RHYN.
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a successful imitator of his master’s works, and that he pro-
duced nothing of importance of an original character, worthy
of giving publicity and distinction to his name. Most of the
pictures by his hand, which have come under the Writer’s
notice, were painted in a coarse and bravura manner, dexterous
and spirited in execution, and in this respect exaggerating the
peculiarities of his master, qualities of all others most likely to
mislead the inexperienced. One of his most capital pro-
ductions is in the Gallery at Hesse Cassel.
He was born in 1638, and died in 1690.
Samuel Van Hoogestraeten, born at Bort, in 1627,
was the son of a painter, under whom he acquired a knowledge
of the first rudiments of the art, and then entered the school
of Rembrandt; here he appears to have perfected himself, and
is said to have obtained some reputation for his productions,
particularly in portraiture; be this as it may, it is evident,
from his subsequent works, that he did not long continue a
close imitator of his master, but chose a style more resembling
that of Peter De Hooge, and represented fancy and familiar
subjects, in which he adopted most successfully the excellent
principles for which that school is distinguished. He had also
the facility of imitating the works of other artists, and could
paint whatever class of subject he chose to attempt, animals,
architecture, landscapes, sea views, fruit, flowers, and still
life ; but no picture by his hand, bearing a close resemblance
to Rembrandt’s, has come under the notice of the Author.
He died in 1678.
Arent, or Arnold, de Gelder was born at Bort, in 1645,
and being a fellow townsman, became also a disciple, of the
preceding painter, with whom he could have remained but
a short time (if the date of his birth be correct), and then
entered the school of Rembrandt towards the close of that
great man’s career. Under his instruction he became a good
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a successful imitator of his master’s works, and that he pro-
duced nothing of importance of an original character, worthy
of giving publicity and distinction to his name. Most of the
pictures by his hand, which have come under the Writer’s
notice, were painted in a coarse and bravura manner, dexterous
and spirited in execution, and in this respect exaggerating the
peculiarities of his master, qualities of all others most likely to
mislead the inexperienced. One of his most capital pro-
ductions is in the Gallery at Hesse Cassel.
He was born in 1638, and died in 1690.
Samuel Van Hoogestraeten, born at Bort, in 1627,
was the son of a painter, under whom he acquired a knowledge
of the first rudiments of the art, and then entered the school
of Rembrandt; here he appears to have perfected himself, and
is said to have obtained some reputation for his productions,
particularly in portraiture; be this as it may, it is evident,
from his subsequent works, that he did not long continue a
close imitator of his master, but chose a style more resembling
that of Peter De Hooge, and represented fancy and familiar
subjects, in which he adopted most successfully the excellent
principles for which that school is distinguished. He had also
the facility of imitating the works of other artists, and could
paint whatever class of subject he chose to attempt, animals,
architecture, landscapes, sea views, fruit, flowers, and still
life ; but no picture by his hand, bearing a close resemblance
to Rembrandt’s, has come under the notice of the Author.
He died in 1678.
Arent, or Arnold, de Gelder was born at Bort, in 1645,
and being a fellow townsman, became also a disciple, of the
preceding painter, with whom he could have remained but
a short time (if the date of his birth be correct), and then
entered the school of Rembrandt towards the close of that
great man’s career. Under his instruction he became a good