The early northern painters : studies in the National Gallery (1922)
Peers, Gertrude Katherine · London, Medici Society · leaf 106
y painters who camefrom Holland seem never to have liked their longcanals and low horizons. Gerard David, who was alsoa native of Holland, loved these same rolling hills andsoft flowing rivers. Simple, homely landscapes thatsuit exactly the simple, homely, yet entirely lovablepeople the artists… … Madonna and Child No. 77 J+ DIRK BOUTS ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL 77 the conventional Flemish one we know so well. DirkBouts knew just exactly the rules to be observed inpainting her, and we here see the result of a rigidconvention ; only now and again did a painter ofgenius, in its despite, represent…
National Gallery (Great Britain) · Painting
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