DOI chapter:
Painters, Sculptors, Architects, Engravers, and their Works
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PAJOU — PALAMEDES.
he was a member of the Institute. His style was masterly and at the
same time natural, not exaggerated. He surpassed the French sculp-
tors who preceded him.
CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN. SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN EXECUTED ABOUT
1360.
From the Imhoff Altar-piece, at Nuremberg.
Palamedes. Real name Anton G. Stevens, called also Staevaerts
or Stevers; born at Delft (1604-1680). He painted interiors which
are highly finished and warm in color. His pictures are rare in pub-
lic galleries. The only ones of which I know are in the Berlin Mus.,
Frankfort Gall., and Brussels Mus. He was fond of representing
fashionable people, and pencilled his figures with great precision.
His brother, whose name was Palamedes Staevaerts or Stevers, was
a painter of small battle pieces, and not equal to Anton, though re-
PAJOU — PALAMEDES.
he was a member of the Institute. His style was masterly and at the
same time natural, not exaggerated. He surpassed the French sculp-
tors who preceded him.
CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN. SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN EXECUTED ABOUT
1360.
From the Imhoff Altar-piece, at Nuremberg.
Palamedes. Real name Anton G. Stevens, called also Staevaerts
or Stevers; born at Delft (1604-1680). He painted interiors which
are highly finished and warm in color. His pictures are rare in pub-
lic galleries. The only ones of which I know are in the Berlin Mus.,
Frankfort Gall., and Brussels Mus. He was fond of representing
fashionable people, and pencilled his figures with great precision.
His brother, whose name was Palamedes Staevaerts or Stevers, was
a painter of small battle pieces, and not equal to Anton, though re-