Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 195
whichhas continued to the present day, began with certain scholars of Lely. Sir Peter Lely was born at Soest,1 near Utrecht, in 1618. Hisfather, a military captain named Van der Faes, had changed thefamily name. The son studied in Haarlem under Pieter deGrebber, but came to England in 1641, shortly… … 1 {-eJ.yfnas °^ten keen catalogued with the German School, in spite of his utterly non-German art, inthe belief that the Soest of his birth was the Westphalian town of that name. 170 EARLY PAINTING colorist, he cultivated elegance in design and breadth in execution,and he took manners as he found…
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