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REMBRANDT VAN RHYN.
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manner, possessing good effect, but have neither the brilliancy
or transparence of colour so conspicuous in his master’s works.
He was the son of a picture dealer; born at Rotterdam, in
1636, and died in 1684.
Leonard Bramer. Although this painter was the senior
of Rembrandt by twelve years, he is, nevertheless, recorded to
have been a pupil in his school. This statement is also sup-
ported by the similarity of his pictures in some respects to those
of his master’s ; his shadows are broad and deep, and his lights
concentrated; the forms, characters, and dresses of his figures are
similar, and the high lights are given with a free and sparkling
touch ; yet, with these advantages, they are vastly inferior to
the works by Rembrandt, being exceedingly dark and thin in
the shadows, feeble in the half tones, and meagre in execution.
His subjects are chiefly confined to history, and his pictures
are usually of a small or cabinet size.
He was born at Helf, in 1596, and died aged:
Jan Victor. In the absence of any positive information
relative to this artist, even by the latest Dutch writers on the
subject (Van Eynden and Vander Wellegen, 1816), it is rea-
sonable to conclude, from the close approximation of many of
his pictures to those by Rembrandt, that at one period of his
life he studied in that master’s school, for otherwise it would
be difficult to conceive, how he could so thoroughly have
acquired his principles and system of painting. These obser-
vations refer to the historical productions of Victor, and those
chiefly of a large size, in which may be observed, the same
luminous effect, rich empasto, and brilliancy of colour; the
same style of draping, the figures accompanied by a similarity
of character, and method of composition. In fact, their
general aspect is so like the works of Rembrandt, that they
have frequently been sold under his name; and some that
have been so disposed of, will, in all probability, continue to
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manner, possessing good effect, but have neither the brilliancy
or transparence of colour so conspicuous in his master’s works.
He was the son of a picture dealer; born at Rotterdam, in
1636, and died in 1684.
Leonard Bramer. Although this painter was the senior
of Rembrandt by twelve years, he is, nevertheless, recorded to
have been a pupil in his school. This statement is also sup-
ported by the similarity of his pictures in some respects to those
of his master’s ; his shadows are broad and deep, and his lights
concentrated; the forms, characters, and dresses of his figures are
similar, and the high lights are given with a free and sparkling
touch ; yet, with these advantages, they are vastly inferior to
the works by Rembrandt, being exceedingly dark and thin in
the shadows, feeble in the half tones, and meagre in execution.
His subjects are chiefly confined to history, and his pictures
are usually of a small or cabinet size.
He was born at Helf, in 1596, and died aged:
Jan Victor. In the absence of any positive information
relative to this artist, even by the latest Dutch writers on the
subject (Van Eynden and Vander Wellegen, 1816), it is rea-
sonable to conclude, from the close approximation of many of
his pictures to those by Rembrandt, that at one period of his
life he studied in that master’s school, for otherwise it would
be difficult to conceive, how he could so thoroughly have
acquired his principles and system of painting. These obser-
vations refer to the historical productions of Victor, and those
chiefly of a large size, in which may be observed, the same
luminous effect, rich empasto, and brilliancy of colour; the
same style of draping, the figures accompanied by a similarity
of character, and method of composition. In fact, their
general aspect is so like the works of Rembrandt, that they
have frequently been sold under his name; and some that
have been so disposed of, will, in all probability, continue to