Dutch painters of the nineteenth century. With biographical notices (1898)
Rooses, Max, 1839-1914. ed · London, S. Low, Marston and Company · leaf 82
Dutch combine with their tastea most practical disposition, hence they have always shown a preference forhumorous and didactic poetry. Father Roemer Vissers works are proof ofthis, and in Amsterdam Hooft, Bredero, Starter, Coster and a host of followersform a brilliant succession of satirists.… … 48 DAVID BLES. and in our art, a characteristic which is also a marked feature of the i8th and19th centuries, and the tradition of which Asselyn, Bernagie, Langendijk, VanEffen and Troost continue to preserve. Chance has willed it that David Bles selected the subjects for his finestpaintings from…
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